How to Use killer whale in a Sentence

killer whale

noun
  • The killer whales played with the blow-up craft for about an hour.
    — Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
  • Now, new research shows the same may be true for killer whales.
    — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The killer whale, it is said, is not often seen so far south.
    — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • But when a killer whale breaks from its training, all bets are off.
    — Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online, 30 July 2010
  • Huggins takes skin samples from where the killer whale teeth marks are.
    — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Humpbacks, killer whales and dolphins are this week’s stars of the show.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2019
  • Still, in the jaws of a killer whale, the fearsome predator looked more like a toy.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2016
  • The second episode dives deeper into the killer whales and their prey.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 25 Mar. 2020
  • What is the significance of a hideous mask made from the hide of a killer whale?
    — Alida Becker, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Last week, a group of killer whales broke the rudder and pierced the hull of a sailboat in the area.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 May 2023
  • But these songs can reach over 1,500 hertz, and are easy for killer whales to hear.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Under these circumstances, killer whales have been known to hunt and prey on moose.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Related links Wanna get up close with a killer whale in the wild?
    — Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
  • But the dolphins are not so small as to be a negligible threat to a killer whale.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • The results suggested that the killer whale might be at highest risk.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The park no longer breeds killer whales but still has a healthy population of eight orcas.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The rare white killer whale has a condition called leucism, Hayes said.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Narwhals, for example, hide under the sea ice to seek refuge from killer whales.
    — Christian Åslund, National Geographic, 2 July 2019
  • Ehlers most recent work is a massive killer whale piece that is the largest she’s ever produced.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The male whale doesn’t bear the usual black-and-white coloring of other killer whales.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Read Next 50-year-old man tried to ‘body slam’ killer whale, officials say.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
  • But in the winter, killer whales are less common in the Strait of Gibraltar.
    — Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
  • The center killer whale brings the great white closer to the surface, biting the dead shark near the liver.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In 2018 an emaciated killer whale calf turned up in the sound.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Pods of killer whales, or orcas, stay around the San Juan Islands year-round.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The 50 foot and 60-ton shark could devour a killer whale easily.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • The week’s great reads A killer whale punted a sea lion 20 feet in the air to show calf how it’s done.
    — Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • In 1987, a female killer whale started swimming around with a dead salmon on her head.
    — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
  • When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Read Next World 50-year-old man tried to ‘body slam’ killer whale, officials say.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024

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