How to Use harbor seal in a Sentence

harbor seal

noun
  • Some are leveled off by wind; one is shaped like a harbor seal.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 23 Mar. 2021
  • In some sea caves, harbor seals rest in the quiet shade.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • In some sea caves, harbor seals rest in the quiet shade.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Shy harbor seals peeked up from kelp beds and disappeared in a blink.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Just take the rainbow trout, a favorite food of the harbor seal.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Gray seals have clawed paws, more like this harbor seal paw than a sea lion's flipper.
    — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Her son grabbed the line and pulled the fish into the net just as a harbor seal latched onto its tail.
    — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2020
  • How about an Atlantic harbor seal for 39?
    — Brooke Holder, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This year, two bottlenose dolphins, two harbor seals and a pair of red foxes have made the list.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Like human babies, harbor seal pups learn to change their pitch to target a parent's eardrums.
    — Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The male harbor seal was lying on the beach shore and was clearly emaciated.
    — Katie Camero, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2018
  • Sea otters, harbor seals and sea lions will often pop up in your vicinity.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Along with gray and harbor seals, the mix includes occasional harp seals and hooded seals.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 22 Jan. 2018
  • It has been found in American mammals, such as raccoons and harbor seals.
    — Caitlin Rivers, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2023
  • On the way back to the boat that evening, three harbor seals, their dark oily hair slicked back, seemed to be following our zodiac.
    — Emilie C. Harting, Philly.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The other rescues this year include one harbor seal, two sea turtles and three Guadalupe fur seals.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Hike the park’s dozen trails while watching the waves for marine mammals like humpback and gray whales, harbor seals, and otters.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2026
  • On the rocky beach, lapped by the cold Pacific, curious harbor seals approach us.
    — Acacia Johnson, National Geographic, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Polar bears will ride the ice for 150 miles looking for ringed and harbor seals, their favorite foodstuff.
    — Diane Bair and Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Now left to share his exhibit, the zoo said, is another harbor seal and a four-member family of gray seals.
    — Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2020
  • Three hundred feet to the west is West Brother, a low rocky isle whitewashed with bird poop where the harbor seals like to hang.
    — Sarah Feldberg, SFChronicle.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Later in 2016, the group of researchers watched and filmed a wolf hunting down a harbor seal near the mouth of a creek.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2023
  • SealNet is tailored to identify the harbor seal, a species with a penchant for posing on coasts in haulouts.
    — Sean Mowbray, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022
  • Wildlife sightings include sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, orcas, puffins, and humpback whales.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The wolf jumped into the water of Hallow Bay and grabbing the harbor seal’s tail, thrashing it around.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2023
  • This abundance of food draws in sea lions, harbor seals and, more rarely, elephant seals, which breed at Año Nuevo to the south.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Adjacent to the harbor seals pool, Husk Haus features a large corn roasting grill and will also sell brats, hot dogs and beer.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
  • Instead, keen-eyed visitors can spot resting harbor seals, shorebirds, and even a resident pair of bald eagles.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Unlike parrots, elephants and Hoover the harbor seal, the great apes are not adept at mimicking sounds or even the basics of human speech.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 Mar. 2016
  • Located off iconic Highway 1, the house sits above acres of scenic coastal trails where hikers can see harbor seal pups lining the beaches in spring.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020

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