Penguins definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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It reminded her, she told Frank, of "old times," when they grew acquainted with each other on board the Nancy Bell and watched the stars at night--and all the rest of it But the penguins were the great attraction They were "food for the mind and food for the body as well!"

—The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land

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Like a terrifying and simultaneously hilarious airplane sequence, as the penguins -- oh yes, they're back -- make King Julien's cargo-cult crashed-airplane temple just about airworthy again in order to fly the zoo gang home. — FlickFilosopher.com
Today I drove down to the aquarium in Monterey, as the penguins are only there for three days. — Wine Outlook
She explains that because of GW, emperor penguins are at risk of extinction in Antarctic (false, they are not), apollo butterflies in Europe (false, they are not), harlequin frogs extincted in Central America (false, amphibian specialists know that chytrid fungus expansion from Africa, due to man, is the culprit since the 60's, and not only in Costa Rica), and so on. — RealClimate
Khaled Hosseini has joined the illustrious ranks of Philip Pullman and the authors of a story about gay penguins, after his novel The Kite Runner became one of the books that inspired most complaints in America last year. — The Guardian World News
"3-2-1 Penguins!" tells the story of two young kids (Jason and Michelle) and four out-of-this-world penguins, as they explore the galaxy -- and learn important lessons and values along the way.