How to Use gray whale in a Sentence

gray whale

noun
  • As of June 27, the U.S. has the largest record for dead gray whales on the coast, with 85 this year.
    Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2019
  • The previous record for a gray whale in the bay was 46 days.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There was no breach of protocol in the tagging of the gray whale.
    Lynda V. Mapes, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The gray whale was named for the gray patches and white mottling on its dark skin.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Hundreds of gray whales have washed up dead since 2019.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • However, the Romans would have had the skills to hunt right and gray whales, which hug the coast.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 July 2018
  • The region is home to pods of orcas and gray whales and humpbacks.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
  • The orcas were thwarted and the baby gray whale was saved.
    Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Those who opt to stay on land may need to bring a little patience to spot a gray whale in the open ocean.
    oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The saga of the skeleton began in May 2000, when a dead gray whale washed up on the flat, sandy beaches of Long Beach.
    Jamie Hale | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Graceful, playful and tough, the gray whale is a beloved icon of the Pacific coast.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2021
  • At least four gray whales have been killed by ships this year in the San Francisco area alone.
    NBC News, 5 July 2019
  • Best time to visit: April and May, when the gray whales are cruising by on their way to Alaska.
    Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • The baby gray whale has a rope around its mouth and trailing in the water behind it.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2021
  • After whaling was banned in the U.S., the number of gray whales increased.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
  • The cliffs at the Headlands is one of the best places to see the puff-of-smoke spouts of passing gray whales from now through early summer.
    Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Crashing surf, a gray whale offshore, a fleet of elephant seals lolling on a beach.
    Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2021
  • The gray whales survived the onslaught, believed to be the first of its kind witnessed by whale watchers in the region.
    Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Duignan said the center, which handles about a 600-mile area along the coast, may see two to three gray whale deaths in a non-UME year.
    Paulina Firozi, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2021
  • When the gray whale population suffers, so do the rest of the marine ecosystems of the Bay Area, Boehm said.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Some giants have managed to bounce back, such as humpbacks and West Coast gray whales.
    Brian Switek, Smithsonian, 27 June 2018
  • More than 60 gray whales have beached on the Pacific coast halfway through the year, experts say.
    oregonlive.com, 17 June 2019
  • In recent years, an increase in gray whale deaths has been observed in the Bay Area and along the Pacific coast.
    Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Just days before, a gray whale had washed ashore on Tennessee Valley Beach, nine miles to the south.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 31 May 2018
  • Several killer whales can binge on a single gray whale calf for days, Black said.
    Mariel Padilla, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2019
  • While gray whales are used to approaching whale-watching boats in the Sea of Cortez, the behavior is rare for the channel.
    Summer Linstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In Oregon, five dead gray whales have been documented as of this week, more than in all of last year.
    NBC News, 21 June 2019
  • At the same time, gray whales and their calves are migrating up the California coast.
    Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Stunned whale watchers off the coast of Dana Point got more than their money’s worth when a gray whale gave birth to a calf right beside their boat.
    Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But the latest trend with gray whales seems different, researchers say.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024

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