Sentence examples for flipper for from inspiring English sources

There was some American inspiration in Venom P. Stinger — Flipper, for sure.

Colby and Pearson formed the Ruby Flipper agency and devised a mixed-sex group, also called Ruby Flipper, for Top Of The Pops.

Gloria Koenig, Pierre's widow, an architecture writer and now a good friend, says LaFetra is not just a house flipper: "For Michael, it's a passion, not a business.

The Republicans blasted the theme song from "Flipper" for part of his speech to accuse him of flip-flopping on issues.

The walrus might well be a match for any famously eggheaded animal of any nonhuman order: for Flipper, for Willy, for Alex the gray parrot, for Kanzi the bonobo chimpanzee.

Strong, proud and human – no flipper for her, though her feet are draped with seaweed – this mermaid's jaw suggests the same patient indefatigability as that of the town she symbolises.

Eared seals, on the other hand, rely mainly on a rowing motion of their front flippers for propulsion.

"The Clamdigger," a primordial mud man, stands on huge feet of clay with dangling eroded flippers for arms.

Some, such as the northern rockhopper (Eudyptes moseleyi), the southern rockhopper (E. chrysocome), and Adélie penguins, move among rocks with agility, using the flippers for balance.

And the Chief of the L.A.P.D., William Bratton, has hopes for a bulletproof tank with flippers, for handling "total nuts on the freeways".

Ian Thorpe, the young Australian with size- 17 flippers for feet, led a charge of high- promise swimmers into the Sydney Games.