How to Use fish in a Sentence

fish

1 of 2 noun

• We're having fish for dinner.
• This is the fifth-largest fish kill on record for the state of Iowa, data shows.
  — Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
• Add some of the greens to each tortilla, followed by the meat and/or fish.
  — The View, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Then one day he was warned not to eat fish from the river.
  — Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
• But the largest and most feared of the fish were once victims of overfishing.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 9 July 2023
• The club became her weekly go-to on fish night for years.
  — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
• Start by casting beyond the bed to avoid spooking the fish.
  — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
• Some fish retain their heads, some have been lopped off.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• The fish cannot scream; the abuse is more or less happening below the surface, out of sight.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2023
• Catfish rods take a beating from big fish and heavy sinkers.
  — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
• That determination is based on the length of the fish, not its weight.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
• The crispy chicken and fish sandwiches will not be on the Redford menu yet.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
• The others surround the fish and swim in a spiral to keep them trapped, keeping their mouths open to gulp up the fish.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• There may not be as many ships on the seas as there are fishes in them, but there are plenty.
  — Sue Bryant, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
• Her Libyan recipe for fried fish with vinegar and onions is well worth making.
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• To herd fish near the water’s surface, the whales use a herding strategy called the carousel method.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
• Two whale sharks, the largest fish on the planet, glided around me, their blue-gray skin a Morse code of chalky dots and dashes.
  — Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
• Dip a piece of hot fish in the accompanying chile-lime sauce and watch sparks (and forks) fly.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• Most people go with plans to get out on the water and dive, snorkel, fish, or just boat from reef to sandbar and back again.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
• The line formed long before 10 a.m., when the first fish was set to be served, snaking from the harbor to the promenade through the ancient archway.
  — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2024
• If catfish is not available, use any firm white fish such as cod, tilapia, or grouper.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
• Autumn approached, and the wind picked up and blew all the glitter from the concert into the ocean, but just this once, the fish weren’t angry.
  — Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• The study makes the scalloped hammerhead shark the first deep-diving fish known to hold its breath, Royer says.
  — Bykate Hull, science.org, 11 May 2023
• The tourist craft — many damaged in the storm — allow passengers to view fish swimming beneath the boats.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• Ripe avocado offers a creamy contrast to the fried fish, and a squeeze of lime perks up each bite.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• Across the whole Atlantic coast, the agency authorized a catch of around 1.2 billion fish.
  — Jon Hurdle, New York Times, 11 July 2023
• Robb, 21, has Sting Ray on his birth certificate — and he’s not named after the fish, either.
  — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
• The meat, poultry, fish and eggs category was up 2.7% from a year ago May.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
• The grisly aftermath: throngs of dead fish lining the river bank.
  — Koh Ewe, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
• For decades, the demand was so high that these fish were harvested to the brink of extinction in Europe.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023

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fish

2 of 2 verb

• They fished the stream all morning.
• She was fishing around in her purse for her keys.
• We spent the afternoon fishing for trout.
• Gail likes to go for walks along the lake, and Phil likes to fish.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
• Split was known to fish near the mouth of the Grand River and slightly offshore.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Those designed to fish from a sandy beach are called sand spikes.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• Teach someone to fish instead of doing all the work as the moon and Venus clash!
  — USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
• If they’re being fished at the limit, the stock’s going to crash.
  — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2023
• Locals surf and fish off the beaches, or hunt pigs in the mountains.
  — Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
• And right now, in Texas, far too many of us are fish in a shrinking rock pool.
  — Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2023
• People fish with nets and rods, throwing back the small fish.
  — Fabiano Maisonnave, Teresa De Miguel, and André Penner, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2023
• And don’t forget to fish them out of the sauce before blending.
  — Julia Levy, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2023
• Years, even decades ago, a gang of us used to fish at Broad Creek above the Conowingo Dam during the depths of the winter.
  — Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2023
• Do fish sleep?What sleep means under the sea or in the aquarium.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
• The grounds are also home to a spa, fishing on the lake, and a saltwater pool.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
• The ancient Greeks fished them; Pliny the Elder described the use of their skin to polish wood and ivory.
  — Dag Goering, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2023
• Those seeking to have their toes in the sand while reeling in a catch opt for surf fishing right from the beach.
  — Roger Sands, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• Theo fished the wand from the bottle and slowly blew a long stream of bubbles up toward the awning.
  — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Shoppers once had to fish in their wallets for a coupon to save a few bucks at checkout.
  — Imani Moise, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2023
• But fish in even the moderately hot group didn’t fare as well.
  — Rebecca Dzombak, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Langdon was fishing with Morgan Holmes when the epic catch took place.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
• To keep rods out of the sand and water, a rod holder is essential when fishing from the shore or beach.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• The rainbow and brown species are the quarry for many who fish, introduced to the region in the 19th century.
  — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• From there, fish all morning in the stocked pond, start up the smoker for a barbecue later or swim laps in the ozone pool.
  — Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2023
• In 1924, people went to Stevens Creek County Park to fish, swim, picnic and walk in nature.
  — Lisa Thorn, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
• His drawings of red-eyed demons gave way to sketches of a smiling boy fishing under the sun.
  — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2024
• His childhood was spent on tundra and on sea and lake ice to hunt and fish with his grandparents, who raised him.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
• The wooden structure is 600 feet long and draws anglers fishing for red drum.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023
• When fishing with bait, a quick hookset will avoid having fish swallow the hook.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Scott Haraguchi was fishing less than 2 miles off the island of Oahu around midday Friday.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 15 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024