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
• 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
• While pilot whales live in kind of deep water and are deep diving species, killer whales tend to be more associated with coasts and shoreline and tend to stay closer to the surface.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
• Similar considerations may have led to the evolution of menopause in female pilot whales.
  — Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 7 Aug 2024