1. The toughness, lightness, strength, and elasticity of whalebone gave it a wide variety of uses.

2. From the whalebone bodices of the nineteen hundreds to the flimsy teasers of the nineties.

3. A whalebone whale of Arctic seas, having a very large head and an arched upper jaw .

4. Very occasionally they had beautifully carved boards of whalebone on which they rubbed a high gloss on to the linen.

5. From whalebone to laparoscope.

6. The cetaceans are divided into two groups: the baleen whales which have whalebone instead of teeth and the toothed whales.

7. It yielded twenty-five whales, seventeen hundred barrels of oil, and three tons of whalebone.

8. By the reaction, you would have thought our BlackBerry-toting president had called for a return to horse-drawn carriages, outhouses, and whalebone corsets.

9. Mrs Harden, be it observed , was the housekeeper, a woman after Mr Brocklehurst's own heart, made up of equal parts of whalebone and iron. (Jane Eyne by charlotte Bronte).

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10. As time went by, the skirts of the coat and vest were stiffened with whalebone and horsehair so that they stood away from the hips.

11. They elevated and articulated arses , did away with the need for corsets and bustles and whalebone.

12. To stiffen ( a piece of clothing ) with stays, as of whalebone.

13. The Yankee blockade about the Confederate ports had tightened, and luxuries such as tea, coffee, silks , whalebone stays, colognes, fashion magazines and books were scarce and dear.