How to Use humpback whale in a Sentence

humpback whale

noun

• The sheer lack of precedent for what a humpback whale birth looks like.
  — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2018
• The area teems with wildlife, including cougars, wolves, dolphins and humpback whales.
  — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Soak up the story of Tofu, a humpback whale who lived in the Gulf of Maine.
  — Nicole Defeudis, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
• Filming a humpback whale giving birth would answer scientists' many questions about how and when calves enter the world.
  — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2018
• Iconic species such as the American bald eagle and the humpback whale have returned from the brink of extinction.
  — Tom Culman, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Apr. 2018
• Guests there watch dolphins and humpback whales jump in Hulopoe Bay, lounge beneath palm trees, and stroll through botanical gardens.
  — Nicole Defeudis, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• In the never-ending symphony of the sea, there's a standout among the percussive pings of bottlenose dolphins and the plaintive calls of humpback whales.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2018
• And bowheads' sounds are some of the most intricate of all the creatures in kingdom Animalia, including their much ballyhooed singing cousins, humpback whales.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• But my greatest thrill was seeing humpback whales cruising through these breeding waters, not only spouting as usual but also hurling themselves out of the water (known as breeching).
  — Doug Hansen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• This season's designs incorporate humpback whales and jellyfish swimming among herring.
  — Melissa Devaughn, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2018
• Then the cavalry arrived: A pod of 40-foot humpback whales charged to the scene, swam in circles around the gray whale and its calf, and then blew air through their blow holes to create a curtain of bubbles around them.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2018
• The rescuers had managed to cut away the ropes and free the humpback whale.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
• That’s akin to an eight-pound baby swelling to the size of a 40-ton humpback whale.
  — Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• On the horizon, seals peeked out of the water, and a humpback whale swam by with her calf.
  — Susan Shain, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
• Out on the briny green, salmon and striped bass are jumping in the boat, and the humpback whales are just plain jumping.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2018
• At the time of its death, the female humpback whale was by all accounts healthy.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022
• Watlington thought the sounds were from humpback whales.
  — Camille Bromley, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
• To feed, these humpback whales open their mouths wide and take in large amounts of water.
  — Sophie Sherry and Justin Lear, CNN, 30 July 2019
• The book opens in Antarctica with the tagging of a humpback whale.
  — Karin Altenberg, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
• Last week, Packard ended up inside the mouth of a humpback whale.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
• It is believed to be one of the offspring of a tagged humpback whale named Venom.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2021
• Of the seven humpback whale cases since 2003, five were in the last seven years.
  — oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2021
• Grown humpback whales can weigh 40 tons and are often more than 40 feet long.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
• Another humpback whale washed ashore in Fort Bragg, the third dead whale in three months.
  — Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• Whalen made the first humpback whale sighting, as good fortune would have it.
  — Jennifer Billock, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2023
• For much of this time, most cetaceans were little bigger than a humpback whale.
  — Devon Bidal, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2022
• The island is teeming with wildlife; this is a place where black bears roam the forests and humpback whales can be spotted along the coast.
  — Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 28 May 2024
• The goal: To bring back extinct species at some point in the future, be they elephants, wolves or humpback whales.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
• Or simply kick back on your private wrap-around deck, watching humpback whales splash around in the bay.
  — Siobhan Reid, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2024
• Though sharks have taken down other species; in 2020, scientists captured remarkable drone footage of a great white drowning a humpback whale that had become caught in a net.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024