Moby Dick
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Those dramatic encounters later inspired Herman Melville's classic novel, Moby Dick.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
That’s when we’d creep up a second time, with Logan now brandishing a spear like some character out of Moby Dick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
In his 1851 novel Moby Dick, Herman Melville describes right whales as “the most venerable of the leviathans, being the one first regularly hunted by man.”
From National Geographic ● Jan. 25, 2024
Erin Maloney said she was waiting with her son to ride Moby Dick.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
I kept Moby Dick on the desk and Whitman in my lap, but even being in English class couldn’t help.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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