How to Use dolphin in a Sentence

dolphin

noun
  • The dolphins then swim over to the stunned fish for an easy bite.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Snorkel the lagoon and keep an eye out for dolphins in the surf.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The last of the nine dolphins was released around noon.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
  • Come for the predictable plot, stay for the frisky dolphin.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 July 2020
  • But the dolphin was able to make it over the sandbar and swam back out.
    — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Cameron Parish, where Gustin saw the dolphin, borders the Gulf.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 19 July 2023
  • For instance, the man who falls in lust with a dolphin.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The teams found two dolphins stranded in the shallow part of the river.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Humpbacks, killer whales and dolphins are this week’s stars of the show.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2019
  • Clooney, in one scene, even gets bit by a dolphin while weary of sharks.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • The oceanic dolphin species can grow to around 20 feet.
    — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020
  • But somewhat like the sloth, the dolphin’s smile is just a feature of the way its mouth turns up at the sides.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Mountain Vista Park The splash pad here has spray jets and a dolphin arch.
    — azcentral, 13 May 2020
  • The waves were perfect and there were so many dolphins playing in the waves with us.
    — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Coe is a big fan of whale watches and swims with wild dolphins.
    — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018
  • The ichthyosaur is of the genus Guizhouichthyosaurus and would have looked something like a large dolphin with long slender jaws.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2020
  • On a day off, the team visited the city's dolphin park, one of the most famous in the region.
    — Tales Azzoni and Tim Booth, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • The video depicts a Mosasaurus – a large mosasaur that is thought to be related to whales and dolphins.
    — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Play after play, the claw grabs the dolphin, lifts it up, but never makes it to the winning swing door.
    — Hannah Drown, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • In the end, the world is saved by a cybernetic dolphin named Jones.
    — Jason Kehe, Wired, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Witnesses said the dolphin was able to make it over a sandbar and swam out to sea.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The dream Soto had for Bailey lives on in the SeaWorld dolphin pool.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2021
  • Great whites visit from time to time, as do all manner of whales and dolphins.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 6 June 2019
  • But Bearzi is cautious not to attribute the emotion to dolphins and whales yet.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 June 2018
  • There were live dolphins in Golden Gate Park back then.
    — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2020
  • There was a group of dolphins approaching, one came to the window.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 13 July 2018
  • Those dolphins were packed so tightly, they were not spread out.
    — Fox News, 19 May 2020
  • The women glide like dolphins and fight like grizzlies.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • Watch: Fishermen steer 900-pound dolphin to safety Video footage from the incident shows the dolphin lying on the boat as one of the men steers the boat while another waters it with a hose.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Curious dolphins come to inspect the capsule A pod of dolphins were spotted near by the capsule after its successful splashdown on Tuesday.
    — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

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