How to Use fisherman in a Sentence

fisherman

noun
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  • 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
  • Andrés said of the dish, which fishermen would prepare on the boat.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And these fisherman sandals from the Row were simply too good not to include.
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 13 May 2023
  • 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
  • By one estimate, that could top 20% of the revenue from a fisherman's catch.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But the friendship begins to fracture after the sheriff informs Meghan that a fisherman pulled a body out of the lake.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
  • Only a small group of local fishermen and the occupants of two other rooms at the inn could be found.
    — Kristen De Groot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The road is most commonly used by local spear fishermen, some of whom camp overnight.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The Bassmaster Classic is a competition where fishermen race against the clock to catch the most pounds of fish.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Hemingway was a hunter and a fisherman, so some of the decor incorporates ducks and fish.
    — Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In the small linocut, three fishermen are poised before a rushing stream, set against a deep yellow ground giving way to creamy whites.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Back in Vung Tau, a coastal town in southern Vietnam, some had worked as fishermen and net makers.
    — Amy Qin Callaghan O’Hare, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Head in for happy hour (seven days a week), and then take a seat at a picnic table and watch the fishermen bring in their daily catch.
    — Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Bardales’ years on the water left him with connections to fishermen all over the country's coastlines.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The 31-year-old actor was dressed in a chunky white sweater that gives off the same cozy vibes as the covetable fisherman cable-knit worn by Rory in the pilot episode of Gilmore Girls.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Many people have called the island home over the years, from Portuguese fishermen to prisoners of war.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
  • What’s that? 8 OF 8 Efforts to reverse the decline of Alaska’s king salmon have left fishermen struggling.
    — Daniel Akst, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Hundreds if not thousands of snakeheads are killed by rod-and-reel anglers and bow fishermen every year, yet the fish live on.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The changes in the ocean’s color have become more noticeable to him and fellow fishermen in recent years.
    — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023

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