How to Use humpback whale in a Sentence

humpback whale

noun
  • That ranged from humpback whale for his 'Amaze!
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The sheer lack of precedent for what a humpback whale birth looks like.
    — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Keep an eye out for puffins, sea otters, and humpback whales.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2026
  • Keep an eye out for puffins, sea otters, and humpback whales.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
  • To feed, these humpback whales open their mouths wide and take in large amounts of water.
    — Sophie Sherry and Justin Lear, CNN, 30 July 2019
  • The rescuers had managed to cut away the ropes and free the humpback whale.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • At the time of its death, the female humpback whale was by all accounts healthy.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022
  • For much of this time, most cetaceans were little bigger than a humpback whale.
    — Devon Bidal, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Whalen made the first humpback whale sighting, as good fortune would have it.
    — Jennifer Billock, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2023
  • This brought an influx of big stripers inshore, along with the humpback whale.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2024
  • On the horizon, seals peeked out of the water, and a humpback whale swam by with her calf.
    — Susan Shain, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
  • The recording is the song of a humpback whale, a species of large whale known for its complex songs.
    — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The recording is the song of a humpback whale, a species of large whale known for its complex songs.
    — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • That’s akin to an eight-pound baby swelling to the size of a 40-ton humpback whale.
    — Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
  • Last week, Packard ended up inside the mouth of a humpback whale.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
  • Scientists said the record journey shows just how far humpback whales can go.
    — ABC News, 19 May 2026
  • The humpback whale's age, gender or cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • With humpback whales breaching and the hills are covered with penguins.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Morning beach walks might bring sightings of humpback whales just offshore.
    — Pismo Beach Conference, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Grown humpback whales can weigh 40 tons and are often more than 40 feet long.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
  • Out on the briny green, salmon and striped bass are jumping in the boat, and the humpback whales are just plain jumping.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2018
  • Take a whale-watching tour to spot humpback whales, gray whales, otters, and sea lions.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The area teems with wildlife, including cougars, wolves, dolphins and humpback whales.
    — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The book opens in Antarctica with the tagging of a humpback whale.
    — Karin Altenberg, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Each day offers the chance to spot wolves, sea otters, humpback whales, and bald eagles both from shore and at sea.
    — Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Freeloading fish are taking ride-sharing to a whole new level — on a humpback whale.
    — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Another humpback whale washed ashore in Fort Bragg, the third dead whale in three months.
    — Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The group also saw humpback whales feeding alongside sea lions, boaters said.
    — Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Last week, a boater had a close encounter with a humpback whale who jumped out of the water near Gloucester.
    — Abbi Matheson, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2019
  • The island is teeming with wildlife; this is a place where black bears roam the forests and humpback whales can be spotted along the coast.
    — Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 28 May 2024

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