: the action of one who angles
especially
: the action or sport of fishing with hook and line
Examples of angling in a Sentence
an angling adventure in the mountains
his angling of the picture made everything else on the wall look crooked
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Trump’s silence has kept the field unsettled, with each candidate angling to prove themselves as the one closest to him.
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
Sharing a meal and introducing someone new to the food provided through outdoor recreation like hunting and angling is a great way to engage new outdoors people.
—Randy Zellers Arkansas Game, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
The tracks led north and east now, angling and twisting through the timber, across ravines and small draws, avoiding parks and passes, heading generally into the wind.
—Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
Fishing licenses for trout and coarse fishing were available for a one-day period at a cost of $9.91, and the Environment Agency stressed that everyone who fished needed a license to support river and lake conservation and angling activities.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
Sharing a meal and introducing someone new to the food provided through outdoor recreation like hunting and angling is a great way to engage new outdoors people.
—Randy Zellers Arkansas Game, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
The tracks led north and east now, angling and twisting through the timber, across ravines and small draws, avoiding parks and passes, heading generally into the wind.
—Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
Fishing licenses for trout and coarse fishing were available for a one-day period at a cost of $9.91, and the Environment Agency stressed that everyone who fished needed a license to support river and lake conservation and angling activities.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Angling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angling. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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angling
noun
an·gling
ˈaŋ-gliŋ 
: fishing with hook and line for pleasure
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