Examples of 'white whale' in a sentence
Meaning of "white whale"
white whale: A reference to something that is very rare, elusive, or difficult to obtain. This phrase is derived from the novel 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville and is often used metaphorically to describe an elusive goal or object
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- A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
- An obsession; monomania.
- A printing plate used to manufacture a particular sports card, that is then issued as a collectible itself.
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The great white whale has surfaced.
I will be first to sight the white whale.
And the little white whale on the go.
If by fish you mean a certain white whale.
But there is a white whale out there.
Considering we are so close to capturing our white whale.
You raised the white whale first.
The white whale will always win.
You can help me find my white whale.
While the white whale swam freely on.
I promised you guys a white whale and.
And the white whale with that guy.
Let us just say another white whale.
This great white whale definitely did.
I think you mean your white whale.
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If you look at the white whale in terms of postcolonialism.
They almost caught the white whale.
The white whale does not take the bait.
And look at this big white whale of a couch.
The white whale drank some bad plankton.
An island to himself is the white whale.
To chase that white whale on both sides of land.
I hooked your great white whale.
White whale one boat hunting.
I can not wait to harpoon that white whale.
The white whale of comedy is still out there.
Because of that frigging white whale.
The white whale has signed his death warrant.
Before facing the white whale.
That white whale would have swallowed you whole.
Looking for the white whale.
I think the white whale may finally be a normal whale.
We finally got our white whale.
The white whale tasks me.
You are to look for a white whale.
Gephardt called it the white whale of the intelligence community.
Three giant harpooners to harpoon the white whale.
Ride the white whale.
I always reminded you of the great white whale.
Which is why your white whale never gets caught.
The acceptance of a racist grandfather is still my white whale.
White whale kind of shit.
I am not dropping that white whale.
The white whale of politics.
I have a need to track down your white whale.
But one day the white whale disappeared suddenly.
Bowed now again over the white whale.
The white whale car was gone.
You have heard of the great white whale.
His white whale.
