How to Use fishy in a Sentence

fishy

adjective

• There's something fishy about that guy.
• A strong fishy odor, though, could be a sign of an infection.
  — Amber Madison, Seventeen, 30 May 2017
• Gibson's fishy fashion creation has been four years in the making.
  — Marissa Miller, Allure, 19 June 2017
• But Farwell has been making some fishy-sounding claims.
  — Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine, 17 Jan. 2017
• My taste buds will get blasted, leaving behind a palate that toggles between metallic and fishy.
  — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
• Something seemed a little fishy to me about the first part of that sentence, and a reader pointed out my mistake.
  — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2013
• But the fried oysters tasted too fishy, and the Cajun chowder oddly sweet.
  — Carla Meyer, sacbee.com, 18 May 2017
• But naysayers—including my younger, Gorton’s-loving self—dismiss oily fish as being too, well, fishy.
  — Debbie Lee, Bon Appetit, 20 Mar. 2017
• A judicial committee gave him back his law license, deciding that the prosecution looked fishy.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2017
• Anaya's case is more than just a lone instance of a government employee who might have made some fishy purchases, and might have tried to use government money to get a nice ride.
  — Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 27 June 2003
• But several researchers who study social media have also reached the conclusion that something fishy may be going on with Trump's account.
  — Craig Timberg, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
• Still, there’s something fishy about Uber’s balance sheet and some of the accounting behind the numbers the company selectively chose to share.
  — Maya Kosoff, The Hive, 14 Apr. 2017
• Something fishy happened here. Consider the now-infamous photo of Princess Catherine.
  — Monique Woo, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
• The pico was dotted with cucumber, a refreshing change of pace from typical pico, and the avocado sauce was pleasingly rich; the meat itself was a little too fishy.
  — Malcolm Mayhew, star-telegram.com, 3 May 2017
• And no, the fish sauce won’t make the stew taste fishy.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2020
• Fresh fish smells briny and not fishy, and is firm to the touch.
  — Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living, 10 July 2020
• Steer clear of brands that add lemon to get rid of the fishy taste.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 27 July 2023
• And with its mild, milky flesh, cod is one of the least fishy of them all.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
• Over the past month, the fishy smell has grown ever stronger.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
• Fat from bears that eat a lot of dead salmon is said to taste fishy.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
• While the deal might sound a little fishy, there's no catch.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• But as Wahlquist reports, new species are just the tip of the fishy iceberg.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 June 2017
• This throws off the pH of your vagina and can create a bad, fishy odor in the process.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 21 Aug. 2017
• Swordfish was not overly fishy, and this one might have been the husky one of the catch.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• There are plenty of fish in the sea who aren't up to anything fishy.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 17 May 2020
• There are plenty of fish in the sea who aren’t up to anything fishy.
  — cleveland, 16 May 2020
• That fishy stench of old seafood or the fetid smell of rotting meat are foul smells, to be sure.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2021
• Here are the fries that are open this final Friday of fishy fun.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2024
• The mussels should smell fresh and briny not overly fishy.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2023
• The water has an odor that smells fishy or like gasoline.
  — Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024