flipper

Example Sentences

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She dragged her huge body up above the reach of the highest tide and started scooping out sand with her strong front flippers.

From Literature

"I picked it up and thought I saw a movement in one flipper, so I carried it back to the campsite".

From BBC

Slowly it moved its flippers like the oars of a rowboat, turning toward Renata and bobbing its head as if in greeting as it went past.

From Literature

As I watched, the baby swam between the front flippers of the larger one and began to suckle.

From Literature

Even down a flipper, she’s expected to be able to manage in the wild.

From Los Angeles Times