As Ahab tells Starbuck: Ahab is for ever Ahab, man. From Wordnik.com. [The flavor of words and phrases ...] Reference
Captain Ahab certainly has a nicely cropped haircut. From Wordnik.com. [First Look: Danny Glover as Captain Ahab in Dragon Fire: “It’s Moby Dick With Way More Excitement, Way More Action!” | /Film] Reference
I loved the Captain Ahab-like villain of Up, though. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Three qualities of interesting villains] Reference
"Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last.". From Wordnik.com. [Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund: Book summary] Reference
The whaling ship "Pequod" under the command of Captain Ahab!!!. From Wordnik.com. [The Herman Melville classic Moby Dick was based on the true story of what ship?] Reference
Unlike Captain Ahab and Lieutenant Bligh, Larsen seems to have no purpose other than to exist. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea-Wolf] Reference
Also, Captain Ahab “will be depicted more as a charismatic leader than a brooding obsessive.”. From Wordnik.com. [Cracktastic: Wanted’s Timur Bekmambetov Directing Moby Dick | /Film] Reference
I bet a few of us would be there dressed as Captain Ahab. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rep. Clyburn: ‘I find it appalling’ that Rep. King would call the IRS terror attack ‘a noble happening.’] Reference
He calls Ahab his master, that the relation might be no objection. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)] Reference
Rednecks speak english and if necessary they can spit Beechnut in Ahab’s eye. From Wordnik.com. [Word of advice for 2012 convention planners? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
We’ve been chasing her like Captain Ahab and the great white whale for the last year and a half. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Chris Wallace on whether Palin will sit on his lap during their interview: ‘One can only hope.’] Reference
I have a Captain Ahab-like hatred for them!. From Wordnik.com. [Gamey indeed] Reference
Ahab is far too awesome to be compared to Palin. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Chris Wallace on whether Palin will sit on his lap during their interview: ‘One can only hope.’] Reference
Ahab is he that troubles Israel, and not Elijah. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
It sounded like "Ahab" to me; but it could not have been the Ahab of Scripture. From Wordnik.com. [The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories] Reference
She's gone completely Captain Ahab. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton touts support from 'white Americans'] Reference
Jehoram, son of Ahab, in the famine of Samaria, 239. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Girding up his loins, he runs before Ahab to Jezreel. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Today's Jews largely emulate the national values of Ahab. From Wordnik.com. [David Shasha: The Alienated Jew: Elijah on the Run from Ahab] Reference
During the persecutions of Ahab thousands of them had left. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
What should we make of King Ahab in his battle against Prophet Elijah?. From Wordnik.com. [David Shasha: The Alienated Jew: Elijah on the Run from Ahab] Reference
Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Here Ahab was slain (I. Kings 22: 34-37), here Ahaziah and Jehoram defeated. From Wordnik.com. [My Three Days in Gilead] Reference
Those who have chosen the ways of Ahab have found worldly success and power. From Wordnik.com. [David Shasha: The Alienated Jew: Elijah on the Run from Ahab] Reference
One Balaam, one Jeroboam, one Ahab, O how many fish such bring to Satan's net. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
No more than this is told of the unavailing penance of Jehoram the son of Ahab. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Ahab is not much impressed by Elijah and continues to harass and persecute him. From Wordnik.com. [David Shasha: The Alienated Jew: Elijah on the Run from Ahab] Reference
The Wall Street Journal editorial page had been referring to him as Captain Ahab. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy Of A Pardon: Why Weinberger Walked] Reference
He's a modern-day Ahab, though what he's after are the whitened bones of extinct whales. From Wordnik.com. [Prehistoric Whale Ate Other Whales For Breakfast] Reference
Most interesting is the way in which Ahab and the Omrides are seen by the new Israeli historians. From Wordnik.com. [David Shasha: The Alienated Jew: Elijah on the Run from Ahab] Reference
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