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Example sentences for: herrings

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

It's turned out to be one of those red herrings around our necks.
Some of his earliest still lifes, dating from 1916 to 1918, look like little parables of deprivation: three anorexic herrings on a plate with two forks (why two?)
The comment on square the circle in the review of Loose Cannons & Red Herrings [XV,3] misses the point when it states, “..
But these are all Red herrings, distracting from the fact that the scene is a silly vehicle for exploring Reagan's flirtation with communism.
“It's turned out to be one of those red herrings around our necks.”