blubber

Example Sentences

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The daughter of a disgraced house, Valya isn’t content to accept her family’s banishment to a life peddling whale fur and blubber.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024

This was a revival of an older recipe, we were told, but the chicken was a blob of blubber with the consistency of paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

“It’s a scientific tool we use to collect whale skin and blubber samples.”

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2024

They swim slowly and near shore, have thick blubber and float when killed, according to Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

“Galadriel,” muttered Gilly, not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson