blubber

Example Sentences

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Dolphins continue to be poached for their flesh and blubber, from which oil is extracted to use as fishing bait.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024

This was a revival of an older recipe, we were told, but the chicken was a blob of blubber with the consistency of paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

They swim slowly and near shore, have thick blubber and float when killed, according to Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

Tons of whale meat, bone, and scrap blubber lay rotting around the station.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong