How to Use sperm whale in a Sentence

sperm whale

noun
  • Yeah, you can get swallowed by a sperm whale.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
  • For sperm whales, the record is even sparser.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Whalers once thought this oily liquid was sperm, hence the name sperm whale.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This is still a rich area, but there are no more big squid, so no more sperm whales.
    — Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Daniel Kraus has a long tattoo of a sperm whale on his left arm.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • However, events turn left when a large sperm whale sinks their ship.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But that doesn’t mean sperm whales want to restrict themselves to the open ocean.
    — Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The world’s largest predators, sperm whales spend most of their lives hunting.
    — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Once swallowed by a sperm whale, he's left with just one hour of oxygen in his tank.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • And now a sperm whale is throwing Austin around like a ragdoll.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
  • The reason for this is that sperm whales tend to spend their lives in deeper parts of the ocean.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The notion of idly chatting with a sperm whale elicits sci-fi awe.
    — Sam Firman, Longreads, 11 July 2024
  • Real sperm whales cruise around in the ocean going to war with giant squid.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • The dwarf sperm whale can reach just under nine feet long at its maximum size.
    — Evan Hecht, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The shrill sounds of the sperm whale are downright dangerous.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Ship strikes are responsible for more than half of all sperm whale deaths in the area.
    — Claudia Geib, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The sperm whale segment is just one out of dozens and dozens across that 10-hour runtime.
    — Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
  • Not that Aegicetus was much like a modern orca or sperm whale.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The plastic crisis looks like a sperm whale filling up its stomach with bags.
    — WIRED, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The biggest teeth in the whale world are found in sperm whales, which can be 4 to 8 inches long.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Apparently, sperm whales don’t chew their food.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
  • These oscillations might have slashed the numbers of squid that the sperm whales eat.
    — National Geographic, 18 Oct. 2016
  • There’s been only a handful of sperm whale sightings in recent years.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Choosing to center an entire film inside a sperm whale wasn’t just for a catchy log line.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 9 June 2026
  • Still, in proportion to our body size, the human brain is bigger than that of the sperm whale.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Dolphins in turn are a type of toothed whale, a group that includes porpoises, beaked whales and sperm whales.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In addition, the carcasses of a pygmy sperm whale and a fin whale also have been found ashore.
    — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 25 May 2021
  • The smallest could fit on the head of a pin; the largest, found in the gut of a sperm whale, grows up to 30 feet long.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2018
  • But each observation adds to a growing body of knowledge about sperm whales’ lives and habits.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
  • With only a couple of these calls, a sperm whale can scope out schools of squid from almost 800 feet away.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023

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