How to Use darter in a Sentence

darter

noun
  • The darter was in place well before the buck was due to arrive.
    — Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The dead fish have mostly been small suckers, minnows, darters and sculpin.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Still, no Maryland darters turned up, though five other darter species were present.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Plater thinks creatures such as the darter alert us to the threat our actions pose to them and to ourselves.
    — Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • People gravitate to it, leaving more open space on the fringes for former lawn darters like me.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024
  • Dams and pollution long ago stripped the Pearl River of its namesake fish, the Pearl darter.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The fountain darter fish is even smaller than the now-extinct gambusia, growing to be just about a centimeter long.
    — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Jan. 2022
  • This cross between a bottle plug and a darter darts from side to side while maintaining the tight, seductive wiggle of a bottle plug.
    — Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The rainbow darter is a 2- to 3-inch-long fish typically found along the bottom of small streams or medium-sized rivers.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The Maryland darter was only ever known to inhabit a narrow corner of the ninth-smallest state.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Because of the need to stay silent, the protocol was for the darter to send a message to Stevens by WhatsApp.
    — Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Candy darters typically live in picturesque mountain streams.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The bottoms also have flat rivets at the back and watch pocket, single needle stitching construction, back darter risers, and three-point belt loops for a sleek look.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In those situations, rig it externally on a traditional ball or darter head, though either will slightly dull its action.
    — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Another darter was named for former Vice President Al Gore, in honor of his work on climate change.
    — Richard Pyle, National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2016
  • That total includes about 645 game fish, such as bass or sunfish, and a large number of small, non-game fish, such as shiners and minnows and the slackwater darters.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al.com, 5 June 2019
  • The darter’s outlook improved after some were moved to other streams, more populations were discovered, and stream water became cleaner.
    — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The drought rules seek to preserve flows at Comal and San Marcos springs, which support habitat of the fountain darter and other endangered species.
    — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 21 May 2018
  • The rest of the fish community includes muskellunge, northern pike, white sucker, brown bullhead, yellow perch, spot-tail shiner, Johnny darter and a handful of other small species.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2018
  • Cruise its glassy waters and admire historic structures as well as an amazing spectrum of biodiversity, including bluebreast, gilt, and spotted and Tippecanoe darters.
    — Kelsey Yandura, Midwest Living, 17 June 2026
  • The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the darter and ordered construction the dam halted, but Congress passed a new law granting an exception to the Tellico.
    — Rachel Riederer, The New Republic, 9 May 2018
  • Naples Zoo marketing director Courtney Jolly said that that when the zoo is open there is a crisis team present that includes a shooter and lead darter, but the zoo was not open when the attack occurred.
    — NBC News, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The judges said the agency should have evaluated how the pipeline—in conjunction with road improvement, urbanization, water withdrawals, agriculture and climate change—could affect the logperch and candy darter fish years into the future.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The Alabama shad, frecklebelly madtom, and crystal darter are also mostly gone, and minnows like the Mobile chub and the fluvial shiner no longer appear at sites where Suttkus commonly caught them.
    — Richard Conniff, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019

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