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How to use humpback in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, verb

Humpback means a humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine). Example: “The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter.”

Examples of humpback by meaning

nounA humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).

  • He saw Dmitri half rise from his chair so that the shadow of his humpback shifted on the whitewashed wall.1948, Philip Gibbs, chapter 5, in Behind the Curtain, Toronto: The Ryerson Press

nounA rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.

  • The Goons kept appearing and disappearing in different places, always closer to them, as they worked their way over the humpback of the terrain.1968, Barry England, Figures in a Landscape, New York: Random House, Part 1, p. 78
  • I could see clear out to the humpbacks of small islands along the great lake, where small banks of fog hung.2002, Michael Collins, chapter 38, in The Resurrectionists, Penguin, published 2006, page 286

More sentences with humpback

  • The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter.From the entry cetacean
  • Humpback, humpback, humpback!” “What did you do?” “I hate my neck!”2026 March 12, Spencer Taylor, “Squirrels and Fat Cats” (12:16 from the start), in Animal Control, season 4, episode 8, spoken by Zoe…. From the entry cringey
  • Because of this, humpbacks spy hop when boats are close to them.1997, Randy Frahm, Wildlife of North America: The Humpback Whale, Redbrick Learning, page 9. From the entry spy hop
  • Gradually, spy-hopping humpbacks viewing whaling vessels became mating whales embracing in a double spy-hop.1995, Michelle A. Gilders, Reflections of a Whale-Watcher, Indiana University Press, page 47. From the entry spy-hop
  • Humpbacks are known to spy-hop and are perhaps the most aerial of cetaceans.1995, Michelle A. Gilders, Reflections of a Whale-Watcher, Indiana University Press, page 47. From the entry spy-hop
  • Click: humpback whale, breaching skyward like a frisky trout.2003, David Quammen, “Saving Africa's Eden”, in National Geographic, volume 204, number 3. From the entry inselberg
  • Humpback eyes are on the sides of their heads.1997, Randy Frahm, Wildlife of North America: The Humpback Whale, Redbrick Learning, page 9. From the entry spy hop
  • Humpback whales often display "inquisitive, friendly behavior" toward boats and humans, according to Jodi Frediani, a marine wildlife photographer and paper co-author.2025 June 10, Julia Jacobo, “How humpback whales are playfully communicating with humans, according to scientists”, in ABC News. From the entry humpback whale
  • The six species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) are Chinook (king), Coho (silver), Sockeye (red), Chum (dog), Pink (humpback or humpy), and Cherry.2012, C. Pierce, Education in the Age of Biocapitalism, →ISBN. From the entry humpy
  • This moustache is properly called baleen, and is found in the mystecetes: the group of whales that include the famous giants such as humpbacks, bowheads and blue whales.2016 November 30, Elsa Panciroli, “How did the whale get its 'moustache'?”, in The Guardian. From the entry mystecete

Meaning of humpback

  1. noun A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
  2. noun A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
  3. noun A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.

Full definition of humpback

Questions about humpback in a sentence

How do you use humpback in a sentence?
Humpback is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter.”
What is a short sentence with humpback?
“Click: humpback whale, breaching skyward like a frisky trout.”
What does humpback mean?
Humpback means a humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).

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