moby

/ (ˈməʊbɪ) /

noun plural -bies

informal a mobile phone

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Words nearby moby

mobs, mobster, mobuto lake, mobutu, mobutu sese seko, moby, moby dick, moc, moccasin, moccasin flower, moccasin telegraph

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Example sentences from the Web for moby

SAAD MOHSENI CHAIRMAN AND CEO, MOBY GROUP Saad Mohseni is the chairman and CEO of MOBY Group.
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Almost as bad as the reviews that Moby Dick received, which were abysmally negative.
Joyce Carol Oates Salutes Norman Mailer|Joyce Carol Oates|October 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
His screenplay for the film version of Moby Dick, for instance, is pretty much DOA.
Ray Bradbury, Dead at 91, Taught Generations of Readers How to Dream|Malcolm Jones|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Moby Group, which owns Tolo TV, the station on which the program airs, would not disclose details of the sponsorship deal.
In Afghanistan, a Boom in Red Bull|Mujib Mashal|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Moby, on the MoveOn.org party: I try to avoid political parties, because they tend to be a little stiff and filled with lobbyists.
The Daily Beast D.C. Diary|The Daily Beast|January 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He was evidently much perturbed and shut himself into the tower room with his pipe and "Moby Dick."
The Red Redmaynes|Eden Phillpotts
Mardi is a tragedy of heaven, Moby Dick a tragedy of hell, and Pierre a tragedy of the world we live in.
When Winter Comes to Main Street|Grant Martin Overton
So with Moby Dick—two days he's floated—tomorrow will be the third.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
For the peculiar snow-white brow of Moby Dick, and his snow-white hump, could not but be unmistakable.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
“Moby Dick” and “Red Jacket” are among his best-known sea tales.
Sea Stories|Various