How to Use pilot whale in a Sentence

pilot whale

noun

• A year ago, 650 pilot whales came ashore at Farewell Spit.
  — National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2018
• Then the pilot whales made another run at the sperm whales.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• The pilot whales also formed a tight cluster on hearing the killer-whale calls.
  — The Economist, 14 June 2018
• More than 20 pilot whales died in a stranding that stretched from the Lower Keys to Highland Beach.
  — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 5 Feb. 2018
• Here is a pilot whale who has been carrying her dead calf for three weeks.
  — Time, 11 Dec. 2022
• The news comes after at least 50 dead pilot whales were found on a remote beach in Iceland.
  — Fox News, 30 July 2019
• Fitzgerald points to some living whales, like the pilot whale, for an answer.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2011
• At last report, Farewell Spit was still covered with the hundreds of dead pilot whales.
  — Lauren Young, Smithsonian, 10 Feb. 2017
• Last week, a small male pilot whale was found struggling, unable to swim or breathe, in a Thai canal near the Malaysia border.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
• But George noted the site is at least 30 miles (48 kilometers) from where the pilot whales stranded.
  — Russ Bynum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
• Marmosets track melodies, and pilot whales have group dialects.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
• The Faroese often talk of the tradition behind the grindadrap and specifically the respect shown to the pilot whales.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• About 26 total pilot whales were spotted in the area, George said, and crews were searching the nearby waters for signs of any more strandings.
  — Russ Bynum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
• Two months before the stranding, about 50 pilot whales had come ashore on St. Simons Island.
  — David Brown, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
• Three pilot whales had beached and died two months earlier in a stranding that killed 21 animals in all.
  — David Brown, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
• The list includes pilot whales, but also sea turtles and dolphins.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
• Last week, a male pilot whale was seen floating strangely in the waters off Southern Thailand.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 June 2018
• Last week, a pilot whale died in Thailand after consuming over 80 plastic bags from the ocean.
  — Casey Quackenbush, Time, 6 June 2018
• This is one pilot whale, this doesn’t consider other species.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
• In July about 50 pilot whales beached themselves on the Georgia coast for unknown reasons.
  — CBS News, 30 Sep. 2019
• While sailing past the Pitons and listening to a live saxophonist, we were greeted by dozens of pilot whales.
  — Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2024
• The sick pilot whale was discovered in a canal near Thailand's border with Malaysia last week, Reuters reported.
  — Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
• The last two of five pilot whales that beached themselves earlier this week off Florida’s Gulf coast have been released back into the sea.
  — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• In June last year, a short-fin male pilot whale died after ingesting more than 17 pounds of plastic bags and packaging.
  — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 26 Nov. 2019
• Veterinarians say the sick pilot whale may have thought the plastic bags and other debris were food.
  — David Carrig, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
• The crews were hoping for a better outcome than from an unrelated stranding over the weekend in which all 145 pilot whales died.
  — Nick Perry, The Seattle Times, 28 Nov. 2018
• Ecologists are quick to rage at the Faroese, sharing film of the traditional and bloody slaughter of pilot whales, which are not endangered.
  — The Economist, 9 Aug. 2019
• Last autumn, a pilot whale washed up on a cobblestone beach in Nova Scotia that happens to be Jane Alexander's yard.
  — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2021
• These included those of killer whales, pilot whales, Risso’s dolphins and humpback whales.
  — The Economist, 14 June 2018
• Many migrant species rarely seen from Puerto Rico proper come close to shore: dolphins, pilot whales, tiger sharks, bluefin tuna, flying fish.
  — Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024