blubber

Example Sentences

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The crew began using Inuit techniques to hunt seal, preserve seal blubber, and gather green spring lichens, which helped ease their scurvy.

From Literature

But before I started blubbering and babbling everything to her, my heart stopped me.

From Literature

“Polar bears have like four inches of blubber. They’re so good at retaining heat they don’t even show up when you film them with infrared cameras. They’re like arctic ninjas!”

From Literature

And yet now whales that were once hunted for their oil are falling victim to the effects of the petroleum or “rock oil” that replaced their melted blubber as a source of light and lubrication.

From Los Angeles Times

Faced with retirement and missing out on one more Ashes dance, Harris was a "blubbering mess".

From BBC