1
: the sport or business of catching fish
2
: a place for catching fish
Examples of fishing in a Sentence
The fishing was pretty good today.
I'm going fishing this weekend.
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The hotel is at the gateway of Urho Kekkonen National Park, offering hiking, snowshoeing, canoeing, swimming, and fishing.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Imagine pulling up to a fishing spot.
—Bill Kearney, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
Shipping lanes suffered, neutrality became meaningless, and actual fishing vessels became sitting ducks.
—New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2025
And God Created Woman, in the role of a free-spirited 18-year-old whose natural sensuality stirred up passions and jealousies in the then simple fishing village.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Imagine pulling up to a fishing spot.
—Bill Kearney, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
Shipping lanes suffered, neutrality became meaningless, and actual fishing vessels became sitting ducks.
—New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2025
And God Created Woman, in the role of a free-spirited 18-year-old whose natural sensuality stirred up passions and jealousies in the then simple fishing village.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fishing
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“Fishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fishing. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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