Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for whale. Search instead for whale+a.
Definitions

whale

[weyl, hweyl] / weɪl, ʰweɪl /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He called for future submersible voyages to find more whale graveyards across the world.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

A new, though extinct, species of whale was also identified among the nearly 500 skeletons found up to 7,000 metres deep along a 1,200 kilometre corridor of bones in the Indian Ocean west of Australia.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

At times, he appears like a minnow trying to swallow a whale.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Morten Abildstrøm, a Danish Environmental Agency official on the island of Anholt, told daily newspaper Jyllands Posten that the whale would be cut into pieces after veterinarians and researchers had travelled there to take samples.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

I pick up the whale tail he carved for Tūtū.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




Vocabulary lists containing whale


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "whale" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com