How to Use sardine in a Sentence

sardine

noun
  • Crab, shrimp, and and sardines round out the list of fish friends that provide a decent amount of zinc.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 13 June 2023
  • The Atlantic rushes up to my ankles, the beach smells of wind and sardines.
    Hannah Howard, SELF, 15 Apr. 2018
  • And oh, the celebs! They were really packed in there like sardines.
    Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • That being said, don’t be grumpy if you get packed like sardines and shoved around.
    Kaila White, azcentral, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The less exciting method is to just troll off the back of the boat, one sardine to a rod, one rod per angler.
    Nate Matthews, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The crisp sardines, a hat tip to southern Iran, sting from vinegar and sing with warm spices.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The free milk, sardines and pasta offered by the center helped.
    Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
  • And then we would be thrown in the paddy wagons, and sometimes we were stacked in there like sardines in a can.
    CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The scoop: Oily fish like salmon (and sardines, mackerel, and trout) are full of omega-3 fatty acids.
    SELF, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Stengel noticed the sardines made a specific noise each time the mahi mahi went in to strike.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • And came up with the name Hot Sardines the day of the gig, when Bougerol found a tin of sardines in hot sauce at a Brooklyn co-op food market.
    Joe Klopus, kansascity, 4 Mar. 2018
  • In the spring and summer, adults and young sharks move to waters close to shore to feed on herring,sardines and other small fish.
    oregonlive.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Rice turns half a can of sardines and a dill pickle into dinner.
    Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The sardines are not on the menu, but cans are kept on hand for sentimental customers.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Instead, the town is a place to surf, eat fresh sardines, sit at a sidewalk cafe table and people watch.
    Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 21 Mar. 2018
  • But even a surplus of homes may not be enough to stop the young and poor from having to play sardines, if the old and rich are incentivised to spread out.
    The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Smelt, sardines, sea urchin, and rockfish deserve to share the spotlight with scallops and spot prawns.
    Naomi Tomky, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2019
  • The idea is to tease the roosters into a feeding frenzy and then cast a sardine with a hook in its head into the carnage.
    Nate Matthews, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Canned fish: Tuna, salmon and sardines are all great options.
    NBC News, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Cut anchovies, cut sardines and pile worms are working well.
    sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Plump, rich and well charred, the sardines needed only a generous squeeze of lemon and a drizzle of olive oil.
    Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Prices start at $80 for a sterling silver sardine fork, heathwagoner.com.
    Caitie Kelly Fiona Kerr Rima Suqi Salomé Gómez-Upegui Ayodeji Rotinwa Gage Daughdrill, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Seek out fresh sardines and enjoy them baked or grilled, as they are served in Portugal.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 27 June 2023
  • Sav, meanwhile, wanted to foist the hard-to-cook sardine on front-runner Kennedy, which meant Reagan was able to make salmon.
    Kturnqui, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There have been some salmon moving up, too, and being caught on sardine fillets.
    sacbee, 9 Apr. 2018
  • François was hooked on aquatics after a childhood encounter with a sardine in a tide pool.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Most of the yellowtail finding the deck of the San Diego, Bostian said, are being hooked while fly-lining sardines.
    Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2018
  • A few hours of sleep and some sardines and crackers found us in good spirits, ready to plow snow for another 3 miles, where the trail would drop out of the snowline.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2019
  • The best part would be standing out there by himself, miles from this sardine can with its warring smells of perfume, sweat, and hair spray.
    David Canfield, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Traffic is awful; BART is stuffed like a sardine can; bureaucrats keep telling us to ‘spare the air’ and stop driving; and p.s.
    Patrick May, The Mercury News, 8 July 2019

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