How to Use catfish in a Sentence

catfish

1 of 2 noun

• Last year, researchers at Auburn mapped the genome of the blue catfish for the first time.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
• Burkhart hooked the catfish using a skipjack as bait, the post said.
  — Mitchell Willetts The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 26 Sep. 2022
• All of these, plus crappie, bluegill, and catfish, are found in Clarks Hill Lake.
  — Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2023
• The old Sandusky Bay Bridge is a hot spot for the catfish crowds both during the day and after dark.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 7 July 2022
• The conclusion of the work would be a fish fry — a feast of hush puppies made from those catfish.
  — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
• But gene editing may not be a fix-all for farmed catfish.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
• Oysters, cod, shrimp, trout, and catfish have the lowest.
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022
• Cue the fried catfish, served under a heap of breezy mint, onions and bell peppers and sparked with a chile-lime sauce.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• Carp, maybe, or catfish, bottom-feeders the ice has brought to the surface.
  — Stuart Dybek, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2023
• Build tacos: Place 2 pieces of catfish in each tortilla.
  — Paige Grandjean, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2023
• In the matter of catfish, as in matters of the heart, the questions are as important as the answers.
  — al, 27 Dec. 2022
• Three contestants are set to enter the game as a catfish.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022
• If catfish is not available, use any firm white fish such as cod, tilapia, or grouper.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
• But then again, there are many species of sunfish, catfish, suckers and trout that can up the totals.
  — Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2022
• Blackened catfish on top of a fresh salad works well, too.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 1 Feb. 2024
• The fish narrowly eclipsed a 646-pound catfish also caught in the Mekong River.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
• The company even served beef tenderloin and fried catfish on the White House lawn in 2002.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• The Yumei Foods soup contains a type of fish from the Siluriformes (catfish) species.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 July 2022
• For the fast-lunch crowd on a budget, there’s fried catfish with the proper low-pile shag of cornmeal breading.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2022
• Monofilament and braided lines are among the best lines for catfish.
  — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
• Cattle and soybeans are farmed on the surrounding land, and catfish are raised in the nearby lakes.
  — Meridith Edwards, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
• And the fried catfish is some of the best in town, with a rugged exterior that’s profoundly crisp around fluffy meat in the center.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• Last spring, two fishermen showed up at his kitchen door with a fresh catch of the fang-toothed cross between a catfish and an eel.
  — Adam Erace, Fortune, 28 May 2022
• According to Guinness World Records, the catfish weighed 646 pounds.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 June 2022
• Tampa Bay reported the barb from the catfish went 1.5 inches into the boy’s chest.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2022
• An enormous 9-foot-long catfish has been caught in Italy, in what could possibly be a new world record.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
• The menu boasts an array of Southern cuisine and soul food favorites, such as catfish and grits, green eggs and ham, and wings and grits.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 8 Apr. 2023
• The best dating site options on our list still see scammers and catfish every now and then.
  — Dallas News, 12 July 2022
• Fishing When spring arrives, fish start biting and people flock to the lakes, hoping to reel in big bass, crappie, or catfish.
  — Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2024
• Crispy catfish might be our new favorite tortilla topper.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024

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catfish

2 of 2 verb

• Sierra then teams up with the popular girl in order to catfish her crush.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
• In the dramedy, which marked her film debut, Sulewski plays a waitress, Becca, whose image is used by a dad to catfish his son on a dating app.
  — Grace Smith, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2022
• It is best known as one of the region’s top fishing lakes, where warm temperatures have converted stocks to catfish for summer.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2020
• This format allowed the competitors to catfish one another, with many of them attempting to win the game by posing as someone other than themselves.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• Over the course of a year, Malley masqueraded as his ex-wife, Cathryn, in order to catfish his own father, a married former priest living in rural Pennsylvania.
  — Sean Malin, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
• While such a parental impulse is natural, the dad’s solution is to catfish his son who naturally falls in love with an imaginary girl (Claudia Sulewski).
  — John Benson, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
• In reality, Nick’s lonely coworker, Dawn (Becca Lish), used his likeness and details from his life to catfish a string of women on the internet in a desperate attempt to feel loved and seen.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2021
• Claudio Lichtenthal, who had divorced Morosini’s mother, and is a ski instructor in Colorado, had his reasons to catfish his son.
  — Bob Morris, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
• Lyn remembers hovering in the kitchen as a child, watching her grandmother and mother make roux, a sauce base of flour and fat that's fundamental to so many Louisiana dishes, from jambalaya to catfish coubion to turtle stew.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2022
• But being on the other side, learning of the experiences of those who come to the show for assistance and hearing why people catfish, has also allowed Crawford to be compassionate, especially in pandemic times.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 11 May 2021
• Social scientists understand many of the reasons why perpetrators catfish.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
• Lathem’s attorneys, by contrast, have told jurors that Warren acted alone, stabbing Cornell in a jealous frenzy after trying to catfish the more prosperous Lathem into a relationship.
  — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• Sierra then teams up with the popular girl in order to catfish her crush.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
• In the dramedy, which marked her film debut, Sulewski plays a waitress, Becca, whose image is used by a dad to catfish his son on a dating app.
  — Grace Smith, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2022
• It is best known as one of the region’s top fishing lakes, where warm temperatures have converted stocks to catfish for summer.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2020
• This format allowed the competitors to catfish one another, with many of them attempting to win the game by posing as someone other than themselves.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• Over the course of a year, Malley masqueraded as his ex-wife, Cathryn, in order to catfish his own father, a married former priest living in rural Pennsylvania.
  — Sean Malin, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
• While such a parental impulse is natural, the dad’s solution is to catfish his son who naturally falls in love with an imaginary girl (Claudia Sulewski).
  — John Benson, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
• In reality, Nick’s lonely coworker, Dawn (Becca Lish), used his likeness and details from his life to catfish a string of women on the internet in a desperate attempt to feel loved and seen.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2021
• Claudio Lichtenthal, who had divorced Morosini’s mother, and is a ski instructor in Colorado, had his reasons to catfish his son.
  — Bob Morris, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
• Lyn remembers hovering in the kitchen as a child, watching her grandmother and mother make roux, a sauce base of flour and fat that's fundamental to so many Louisiana dishes, from jambalaya to catfish coubion to turtle stew.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2022
• But being on the other side, learning of the experiences of those who come to the show for assistance and hearing why people catfish, has also allowed Crawford to be compassionate, especially in pandemic times.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 11 May 2021
• Social scientists understand many of the reasons why perpetrators catfish.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
• Lathem’s attorneys, by contrast, have told jurors that Warren acted alone, stabbing Cornell in a jealous frenzy after trying to catfish the more prosperous Lathem into a relationship.
  — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024