How to Use bream in a Sentence

bream

noun
  • One fish that can be used in this dish is sashimi-ready sea bream.
    The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2017
  • The air was thick with the sweet smell of spawning bream, and the creek bottom was pockmarked with bream beds.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
  • After a minute marked by tense silence, two breams emerged from the hole.
    Taylor Weidman, National Geographic, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Most anglers use 6 to 8 pound test mono on bream-buster type long rods for this action.
    Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • We feast on local grouper, stone fish and sea bream, offered whole and split among the diners.
    Roy Harris, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • But some can also be used to catch bream, crawfish, shrimp and other species used for bait.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Ekema said most of the fish impacted by this event were bluegill bream that were 3 inches or less in length.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The kitchen makes only a few each night, using whole sea bream, head and tail included.
    Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2017
  • All three are plentiful throughout much of the country, but bluegill are often called bream in the South.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
  • The tasty bream typically are on the beds on the weeks of full and new moon in May, June and July across much of Alabama.
    Frank Sargeant, al, 2 June 2021
  • Use crickets and redworms near docks and seawalls for bluegills, bream and warmouth.
    Mark Blythe, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 July 2018
  • The reservoir is formed by Walter F. George Dam and is known for its great fishing for largemouth bass, crappie, bream and catfish.
    Joe Songer, AL.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The lake has been restocked with black bass, bluegill, redear bream, and fathead minnows, according to the listing.
    Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Live crickets on a dead drift are shellcracker candy, but small safety-pin spinners can help pull boss bream out of the brush.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Ripe persimmon flesh and strips of raw sea bream under frizzled yuzu threads sit in an instant marinade.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2016
  • There are few events in the sporting life that are as consistent and accessible as fishing for bedding bream.
    T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2020
  • While some anglers swear by chicken thighs, baitfish like shad, herring, and bream, are more popular.
    Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Flyfishing enthusiasts will love the rolling rivers and numerous lakes and ponds stocked with largemouth bass and bream.
    Smithsonian, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Having recently just eaten bream for the first time, I'm relieved to find out that the parasite does not cause human disease.
    Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2012
  • From Pickwick, Captain Brian Barton says bream have moved inshore for a second spawn, and can be found on hard sand or shell bottom in 1-4 feet in many bays and shorelines around the lake.
    Frank Sargeant, al.com, 21 June 2019
  • There is already over 2 million pounds of fish caught and sold from Florida freshwater bodies such as catfish, tilapia and bream.
    Ed Killer, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • A special prix-fixe menu will be available from July 17 to July 22 with favorites such as beef tartare, Sea bream bouillabaisse and vanilla creme brulee.
    Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 July 2017
  • Currently available menus propose blue lobster with tomatoes and black olives, sea bream and free-range fowl with chickpeas and sorrel.
    Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2017
  • Don’t be fooled by the humble exterior: a Zagat-guide worthy meal, including a whole fresh sea bream, can be had for 40 euros.
    Hannah Seligson, Town & Country, 30 June 2017
  • Taverna del Marinaio has excellent seafood salad and sea bream with green sauce.
    Alexander Lobrano, Town & Country, 2 June 2017
  • For those opposed to large primal cuts of cow, consider the sea bream, which is cleverly deboned yet served whole with charred halves of lemon and orange that beg to be given a liberal squeeze.
    Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 July 2017
  • This is not only holy temple to sardines, but to all kinds of seafood, including salmon, seam bream, octopus, and mussels, all of which are preserved solely in olive oil.
    Hannah Seligson, Town & Country, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The Inner Passage winds through the Combahee River, a small blackwater tributary that is good for bream fishing.
    Imani Perry, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
  • For over three hours we were served more than a dozen courses, including the platonic ideal of chorizo, sardines, prawns, razor clams, goose barnacles and a whole red bream.
    Jason Wilson, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Pine Tree is also open to small game and waterfowl hunting, and several ponds and lakes across the property provide access for catfish and bream fishing.
    James Brandenburg, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2021

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