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
  • There are a lot of baits and lures out there that are made to catch fishermen rather than fish.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024
  • Koutrakis is the child of a fisherman who worked those waters for 60 years.
    — Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Andrés said of the dish, which fishermen would prepare on the boat.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The next year, a fisherman saw two men throw a large bundle, believed to be a dead body, over the side of the bridge.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2024
  • One day, a mermaid named Aycayia is caught in the net of a fisherman.
    — Jessica Pressman, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • If your plane goes down, and the guy next to you is a really great fisherman, that's great.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Mar. 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
  • Her husband, Tom Kaulitz, was dressed as the fisherman who hooked her.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Or stroll it as the sun sets and fishermen cast their lines for corbina and mackerel.
    — Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
  • The hand of the fisherman who casts a hook carries the wisdom of his ancestors.
    — Maria Teresa Hernandez, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Getting a word out of him requires the patience of a fisherman.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Ever recorded in the Lake Erie Great Lakes area by a sport fisherman.
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
  • And these fisherman sandals from the Row were simply too good not to include.
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 13 May 2023
  • Here comes the fisherman, just finished grade 4, grade 5.
    — Hannah Reyes Morales, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The bear, likely in his mid-20s, is known for his prowess as a fisherman and his mega fat reserves.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • At the docks across the street, fisherman Bill Blue, 66, unloaded scores of black cod from his boat, the Brita Michell, in the shadow of the smokestacks.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The year before, Klum dressed up as a worm to her annual party while her husband Tom Kaulitz accompanied her as a fisherman with a bloody eye.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • With marinas washed away, restaurants collapsed and vacation homes blown apart, many commercial fishermen, servers and housecleaners lost their homes and their jobs on the same day.
    — Kate Payne and David R. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024

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