How to Use whale in a Sentence

whale

noun
  • Why did so many whales die here?
    — ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • Why did so many whales die here?
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
  • But why don’t whales have fur too?
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
  • What can be done to help the whales?
    — Daniel Crocker, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
  • How did the group of whales form in the first place?
    — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • On his own, though, the whale might take weeks to die.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • Can a whale ever be just a whale?
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
  • To get a whale sometimes takes a while.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • Could a new whale be on the horizon?
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Where would the whales and dolphins go?
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • With the storm and dead whales came polar bears.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The ocean is the whales' home after all.
    — Alanna Bennett, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The whale is believed not to be an adult yet.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 19 Feb. 2026
  • By the next morning, the whale had swum away.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • Trump blamed wind turbines for mass killing whales and birds.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • The rare whales can grow to be up to about 40 feet long.
    — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But the whale had been out of the water now for two full days.
    — Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • When a whale dies, its body sinks to the ocean floor in a process called whale fall.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
  • Or, perhaps, a place to put a tank filled with whale-shark pups.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In this case, that beast is Laboon the whale.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
  • And then there are the whales—Bitcoin’s own leviathans.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Keep an eye out for orca whales from the outdoor deck.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
  • At last, the whale glided into the barge.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • The Baltic Sea lacks strong tides that could have freed the whale.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Speaking of wildlife, whale watching is a must.
    — Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Drones can detect viruses in whale blow.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Drones can detect viruses in whale blow.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • There’s even whale watching in the winter months.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Our neighbors are mainly bears and whales.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
  • It was still used to store whale meat and blubber for the villagers.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026

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