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How to use the word dolphin in a Sentence?

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Though I did not witness the transformation, I was enchanted by these beautiful mammals in a different way, after seeing how botos would sometimes bring their beaks above water, I wanted a split shot at sunset. Though the water was so dark that I was shooting blind, this dolphin gave me a perfect pose and smile.

Kat Zhou

Found on CNN
1 year ago

[The dolphin’s] fin was mangled, you could see it was falling off and it had a bite mark on the side of the body as well.

Emily Pettersson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Treasures come in so many ways: The sun that lights the cloudy days, a rose that blooms within an hour. a baby that staring with a wandering gaze, a dolphin’s dance on ocean waves, a sky full of snowflakes of rarest form, a beautiful white and peaceful dove.

Alexis karpouzos

added by alexiskarpouzos_1
1 year ago

The two are not on the same page, it is like a dolphin versus a blue whale. But maybe even a dolphin is an exaggeration.

Attila Hevesi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this bottlenose dolphin was speared to death in May and washed up on shore on Upper Captiva Island in Florida. A reward has been posted for information in the case. ( NOAA) HUNDREDS OF DOLPHINS STRANDED, WASH UP DEAD ALONG US GULF COAST, OFFICIALS SAY The bottlenose dolphin washed up on shore on Upper Captiva Island in May. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the dolphin was known to area biologists when he was alive. He was last observed swimming around fishing boats and was seen with begging dolphins.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

First I thought it was a dolphin and I thought, ‘What the hell is he doing?’ and he kind of landed on my board. Then I realized he had taken a chunk. And I was, like, that’s not what dolphins do.

Elinor Dempsey

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I heard a blast and saw fire coming from Dolphin Square. I ran to the place and saw vehicles carrying bodies and wounded covered with blood. They were innocent people playing a ring game; they were not making bombs.

Haj Thamir Ahmed

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I knew right away he was going to land in the boat, because of the way he was facing -- knocked me backwards and then landed kind of on my feet and ankles, it was pretty much chaos at that point -- my wife had fallen down, she was screaming, the dolphin was making screaming noises, my daughter was totally freaking out and screaming.

Chrissie Frickman

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The timing, location, and nature of the lesions support that oil compounds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused these lesions and contributed to the high numbers of dolphin deaths within this oil spill's footprint.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The data we have seen thus far, including the new study from NOAA, do not show that oil from the Deepwater Horizon accident caused an increase in dolphin mortality.

Geoff Morrell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I just freaked out, i thought it was a dolphin at first until I started feeling and realized it was pretty significant lacerations.

Jabez Reitman

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I thought it was a dolphin at first until I started feeling and realized it was pretty significant lacerations.

Jabez Reitman

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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