Example sentences for: whaling

How can you use “whaling” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • And although hazardous materials teams know that most calls are hoaxes, "You always have to treat a threat as real," says Mark Whaling of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

  • Among Kaahumanu’s many reforms was the banning of prostitution, a ruling which led to pitched battles in whaling ports such as Lahaina.

  • Caniçal was once a famous whaling port, but since whaling was banned in these waters in 1981, all that remains of this formerly lucrative industry is a Museum of Whaling and a few scrimshaw and whalebone souvenirs in a hut by the beach (more of the same is on sale at the car park at the end of the road heading east).

  • Once commander of the Caniçal whaling station and thus responsible for taking 100–200 of the great c reatures each year, he now devotes his energy to saving the whale and other marine life of the area.

  • Some--like Norway and Sweden--were interested in whaling and fur sealing.


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