Example Sentences

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We surmised that the bull had become the prey of one of the killer-whales.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

A few killer-whales, with their characteristic high dorsal fin, also came in view.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

A school of killer-whales with dorsal fins aloft, disported themselves in rectangles of black on the back of another.

From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett