Example sentences for: fishing

How can you use “fishing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The people of Spanish Wells are noted seamen and farmers (they were given land to farm on the main island in the 18th century); many still make their living by fishing for crawfish, grouper, yellowtail, and conch, or by building boats, though the best-known local product is perhaps the wide-brimmed Spanish Wells straw hat.

  • Close by, villagers gather to haul the fishing boats up the beach and help sort the catch.

  • Obtain a fishing license and head out on a camping expedition along the Tuolumne River in Yosemite, or try Merced Lake, a three-day trip from Yosemite Valley.

  • The day was sultry, without the slightest breeze to create even a suggestion of a cat's paw on the surface of Sheepshead Bay; I caught about twenty-odd fluke, which just lay there, scarcely my notion of game fishing.

  • A favorite boat ride from Santa Margherita is the cluster of former fishing villages called the Cinque Terre, cliff-clinging hamlets hugging a stretch of coastline reminiscent of the Mediterranean one hundred years ago.


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