whaling
Example Sentences
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The connections it traces are fascinating—the unexpected role of Quakers in both the Birmingham gun factories and the whaling industry, for instance.
It had once been a whaling village, and the humble buildings retained a rustic charm, though when Watson arrived the rustic quality was on a steep descent toward ruination.
From Los Angeles Times
The robot’s computer brain retrieved information on the history of whaling, and she calculated the shark’s age to be over five hundred years.
From Literature
Located 30 miles off Cape Cod, Nantucket has transformed over centuries from a whaling port to a wealthy seasonal enclave, where typical homes cost millions of dollars yet many sit empty all winter.
As a teenager at the docks of Dundee, Shelley would have seen whaling ships just like the ones on display at the museum.
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