How to Use dolphin in a Sentence

dolphin

noun
  • Come for the predictable plot, stay for the frisky dolphin.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 July 2020
  • Those dolphins were packed so tightly, they were not spread out.
    Fox News, 19 May 2020
  • But the dolphin was able to make it over the sandbar and swam back out.
    CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Witnesses said the dolphin was able to make it over a sandbar and swam out to sea.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Trained dolphins work alongside Navy handlers to search for and tag sea mines.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The dolphin’s long beak easily snaps up fish and other prey.
    National Geographic, 18 June 2020
  • There were live dolphins in Golden Gate Park back then.
    Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2020
  • Mountain Vista Park The splash pad here has spray jets and a dolphin arch.
    azcentral, 13 May 2020
  • For rest of the time, maybe the dolphin show or traveling musicians.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 3 May 2020
  • The partial remains of a dolphin had been discovered on the beach at Allen Ave.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • To top it off, dolphin sightings are common and the sunrises are incredible.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2020
  • Shark Bay dolphin moms, for instance, teach their offspring sponging, another form of tool use in which dolphins put sponges on their beaks to protect them while foraging among rocks.
    Liz Langley, National Geographic, 25 June 2020
  • Snorkel the lagoon and keep an eye out for dolphins in the surf.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Cameron Parish, where Gustin saw the dolphin, borders the Gulf.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 19 July 2023
  • For instance, the man who falls in lust with a dolphin.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The teams found two dolphins stranded in the shallow part of the river.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Clooney, in one scene, even gets bit by a dolphin while weary of sharks.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • The oceanic dolphin species can grow to around 20 feet.
    Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The waves were perfect and there were so many dolphins playing in the waves with us.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The ichthyosaur is of the genus Guizhouichthyosaurus and would have looked something like a large dolphin with long slender jaws.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The video depicts a Mosasaurus – a large mosasaur that is thought to be related to whales and dolphins.
    Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Play after play, the claw grabs the dolphin, lifts it up, but never makes it to the winning swing door.
    Hannah Drown, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • In the end, the world is saved by a cybernetic dolphin named Jones.
    Jason Kehe, Wired, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The dream Soto had for Bailey lives on in the SeaWorld dolphin pool.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2021
  • The women glide like dolphins and fight like grizzlies.
    Dan Zak, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • Watch the video to see how Officer Silva helped free the dolphin.
    Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Why aren’t there freshwater seals or dolphins in the Great Lakes?
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But, not before the pros equipped them with a few signature stripper moves: i.e. the body roll, the dolphin dive, the grip and rip.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • The rooms have bunk beds for the kids and are decorated with pictures of dolphins.
    Claire Trageser, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2023
  • Once the storm surge began to recede, the dolphin became stuck in the pond, Solangi said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2021

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