whelk
Example Sentences
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A pair of cases are devoted to items from the Nanticoke people, including a wampum belt and necklace featuring whelk and clam shells and a toy canoe crafted from pine needles and sinew.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
The group has been building steel wire cages, filling them with rocks and whelk shells and positioning them in rows along the shoreline of Barnegat Bay.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
It reported the boat was regularly "operated in an unsafe manner", with the priority on carrying a large whelk catch, rather than on making sure it was stable at sea.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2022
What did we expect from a man with the self-awareness of a whelk?
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2019
Then a whale to a whelk we have swallowed the King of England.
From Queen Mary and Harold by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson
