How to Use fisherman in a Sentence
fisherman
noun-
Once, in grade school, Frank and I came across a small shark caught by a fisherman with a rod and reel.
— Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023 -
This gives fishermen a jump start on the spawn and the chance to land a giant largemouth.
— Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024 -
After about a month, the fishermen noticed that the buoy was gone.
— Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023 -
There are a lot of baits and lures out there that are made to catch fishermen rather than fish.
— Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024 -
Koutrakis is the child of a fisherman who worked those waters for 60 years.
— Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Andrés said of the dish, which fishermen would prepare on the boat.
— Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023 -
The next year, a fisherman saw two men throw a large bundle, believed to be a dead body, over the side of the bridge.
— Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2024 -
One day, a mermaid named Aycayia is caught in the net of a fisherman.
— Jessica Pressman, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2022 -
The stairs are crooked, the floorboards creak with every step, and there are plenty of fishermen’s relics on the walls.
— Sander Van Den Broecke, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023 -
The fishermen used a piece of carp for bait, cast it out into the river and waited for fish to bite.
— Ariana Garcia, Chron, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Many were steered by fishermen bringing back the day’s catch.
— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023 -
If your plane goes down, and the guy next to you is a really great fisherman, that's great.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Your eye is also drawn to the silhouettes of a fisherman and his dog in a boat.
— Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023 -
King crab fishermen harvest them for just a few weeks in the winter.
— Coastal Living, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024 -
Her husband, Tom Kaulitz, was dressed as the fisherman who hooked her.
— Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 1 Nov. 2022 -
Or stroll it as the sun sets and fishermen cast their lines for corbina and mackerel.
— Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024 -
The hand of the fisherman who casts a hook carries the wisdom of his ancestors.
— Maria Teresa Hernandez, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022 -
What was once a sleepy island of whalers and fisherman is now the Hamptons of Germany.
— Garrett Munce, Town & Country, 4 May 2023 -
Fish tend to eat the bait better when they’re not being stared at by a fisherman from just a few yards away.
— Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024 -
Gone are the taxidermied 70-pounders that ended up on the walls of fisherman’s bars.
— Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023 -
Getting a word out of him requires the patience of a fisherman.
— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Ever recorded in the Lake Erie Great Lakes area by a sport fisherman.
— Staff Reports, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022 -
And these fisherman sandals from the Row were simply too good not to include.
— Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 13 May 2023 -
Here comes the fisherman, just finished grade 4, grade 5.
— Hannah Reyes Morales, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022 -
The bear, likely in his mid-20s, is known for his prowess as a fisherman and his mega fat reserves.
— Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Oct. 2022 -
He got woken up by the fisherman that the driver almost hit.
— Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024 -
That was the value of Maine's menhaden fishery last year, the bait fishermen use to catch lobster.
— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 -
At the docks across the street, fisherman Bill Blue, 66, unloaded scores of black cod from his boat, the Brita Michell, in the shadow of the smokestacks.
— Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 -
Daisy, a fisherman’s daughter, must decide whether to stand by her friend or heed the warnings of those around her.
— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024 -
The year before, Klum dressed up as a worm to her annual party while her husband Tom Kaulitz accompanied her as a fisherman with a bloody eye.
— Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
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