How to Use krill in a Sentence

krill

noun
  • Echo sounders can use sonar to gauge the size of krill swarms.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Even baleen whales eat swarms of tiny animals known as krill.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2026
  • What’s the best krill oil supplement to buy?
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But baleen whales hunt schools of fish or swarms of krill, Pyenson said.
    — Seth Borenstein, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
  • During the summer days, the whales dove to great depths in search of krill.
    — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2020
  • As the nets get smaller and smaller, the groups of krill get denser and denser.
    — Sara Tabin, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Many sites with acres of krill are drawing in the salmon, whales and marine birds.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2018
  • There’s something about the wide, krill-sucking mouth that takes the edge off.
    — Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Which krill oil supplements are best?
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Minke and fin whales have short, coarse baleen, which is ideal for eating large fish and krill.
    — Christian Åslund, National Geographic, 2 July 2019
  • At the same time, krill fishing around the peninsula is on the rise.
    — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Herring are small schooling fish that are much faster swimmers than krill.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Whale mothers breastfeed their young with milk dyed pink by their diet of krill.
    — Richard Schiffman, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Humpback whales often eat shrimp-like crustaceans or krill and small fish.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • Tourism, krill fishing, and vessel traffic are all on the rise.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Their diet includes fish, squid, crabs, krill and other sea life.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Black says the adult whale is teaching its child, who is about 4 months old, how to catch fish and krill.
    — Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2018
  • Sea birds, seals, whales, fish and others rely on krill, a preferred salmon food.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Fin whales, like other large marine life drawn to the area, feast on krill and schooling fish.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • Less winter sea ice in the Antarctic means more open ocean where the whales like to feed on krill.
    — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 5 May 2018
  • Both actresses get about as much screen time as the giant talking krill.
    — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But how do these gigantic creatures find patches of tiny krill in the first place?
    — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The chasm in the ice might have been an inviting entry to the krill-rich waters below.
    — David W. Brown, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Others are waddling to the water to find fish and krill to feed their chicks and themselves.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Adélie penguins survive on a diet of krill, a shrimp-like crustacean.
    — Manisha Ganguly, CNN, 13 Oct. 2017
  • This schedule isn’t set in stone, though, and is dependent on krill levels.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • The two species are more specialized in foraging for krill.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Omega-3s can come from krill or fish like salmon, herring, anchovies, whiting, and more.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The krill avoid the bubbles, becoming trapped inside the net.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Males spend two months incubating their egg on their feet while females feed on krill and squid in the sea.
    — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2022

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