Sentence examples for flippers for from inspiring English sources

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.

DNA is the currency in the early levels of Spore, and as you evolve you can acquire better parts — larger flippers for faster swimming, say, or sharper claws for defeating predators.

Outside the subprime sectors, recent statistics suggest that a large chunk of the rising defaults come from "non-resident homeowners", the speculators and house-flippers for whom there is the least public sympathy.

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.