DOLPHIN in a Sentence

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A marine biologist insisted that dolphins, which are considered to be one of the most intelligent mammals, like to help the helpless.

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 Meanings and Examples of DOLPHIN
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dolphin
 n.  small whale that is well known for sociable nature and high intelligence
Classic Sentence:
1  Though universally denominated a dolphin, I nevertheless call this book-binder's fish an attempt at a whale; because it was so intended when the device was first introduced.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
2  Porpoises and dolphins, I believe, will be frequently observed athwart our Bows; and, either on the starboard or the larboard quarter, objects of interest will be continually descried.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS
3  In front her face is human, and her breast fair as a maiden's to the waist down; behind she is a sea-dragon of monstrous frame, with dolphins' tails joined on her wolf-girt belly.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  According to the marine biologist, the Miami Circle dolphin burial is the first to be found outside the Pacific Northwest.
2  Whale and dolphin rescue is an international issue.
3  I told about Louis Sixteenth that got his head cut off in France long time ago; and about his little boy the dolphin, that would a been a king, but they took and shut him up in jail, and some say he died there.
4  If a dolphin is an intelligent agent, would we not include it as a likely candidate?
5  These could destroy the habitats of endangered species on the river, including the Yangtze River dolphin, of which only a few dozen remain.
6  The dolphin is an intelligent animal.
7  This species of dolphin is widely distributed throughout the world.
8  Blind dolphins have been known to survive in the wild, guided by exquisite acoustic images of their prey.
9  This has been seen in captive situations where tens of thousands of dolphins have been encircled by nets.
10  The swimmers said the dolphins were extremely agitated and repeatedly slapped the water with their tails, presumably to try to deter the predator as it cruised nearby.
11  Without considering any evidence that might challenge his anthropocentric viewpoint, Hector categorically maintained that dolphins could not be as intelligent as men.
12  A marine biologist insisted that dolphins, which are considered to be one of the most intelligent mammals, like to help the helpless.
13  They have no doubt that the dolphins acted deliberately to protect them.
14  They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.
15  A large proportion of the dolphins in that area will eventually die.