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
After we said our goodbyes, I walked the four blocks to Hahn’s Moby Dick, which was built in 1991.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 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
The boy was riding Moby Dick, which locks people in at the shoulders and then goes up and down as speed increases.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Just as the chapters on whaling in Moby Dick can be omitted by all but the most punishment-loving readers, so the packing scenes that Morgenstern details here are really best left alone.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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