whelk
Example Sentences
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It found the boat had been modified and had 4.6 tonnes of whelks and whelk pots on board.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
They’ve placed 10,000 bags of oysters and whelk shells there since 2015.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
Pre-Columbian painted animal sculptures, which attest, in their lifelike accuracy, to the sophistication and skill of their creators, were found at Key Marco, Fla., along with countless lightning whelk beads, pendants and ear buttons.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
As a fierce wind sent his hair flying around his face, he pointed out some of the little things he loved: a clump of pink sea thrift, a tiny whelk.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
The cowardly whelk, reading the crab's evil intention in his eyes offered him the baby oyster.
From Bill the Minder by W. Heath (William Heath) Robinson
