How to Use fish for in a Sentence

fish for

verb
  • Or, stick to the shore and fish for bluegill, walleye, or pike.
    — Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • When fishing for a meal, bald eagles can swim.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • The nets capture spawning fish for their eggs.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The group ate that fish for dinner the night after the dives — like a sacrament.
    — ABC News, 14 May 2026
  • For those who still rely on fishing for a living, every day is a struggle.
    — NPR, 7 May 2026
  • If a co-worker fishes for help without clarity, ask for specifics with care.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
  • There’s already a Lake George in Hammond where folks fish for bass.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • For those who prefer a quieter pace, stop along the river to fish for bass, walleye or sturgeon.
    — Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Though catfish is preferred, feel free to use tilapia, flounder, trout or any thin fillet of white fish for the recipe.
    — Restaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This apex predator lives along coastlines and other bodies of water, fishing for food.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Now, visitors come to the lake to fish for both warm- and cold-water fish, such as bass, crappie, catfish, and trout.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The restaurants get the fish for free, courtesy of divers who participate in pre-tournament hunts.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026
  • Many people around the world depend on fishes or products made from fishes for their food and economic livelihood.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • For students like Grayson Logan, who went fishing for bass with his dad, no complaints about the start of spring break and a heat wave.
    — Kenny Choi, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • If fishing for your bait seems like way too much work, consider the following two methods, both of which can produce a mess of minnows.
    — Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • After all of that flying, mom Jackie delivered Sandy a fish for dinner.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
  • Trolling through deep sections of submerged timber, Bennett and Shad tried to sight fish for cruising largemouth.
    — Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The other, amazingly, was in the Beaver Tailwater while fishing for trout.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
  • There’s one key technical requirement — the system needs a bright red fish for accurate motion tracking.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Sophie Cherney, 4, of Highland Park, was fishing for the first time and catching a fish.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Just let the hose wash the fish for 10 minutes or so to drain away as much slime as possible, then wipe the fish down with paper towels before putting it on the cutting board.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Diners across the country may also be finding it harder to stomach the price of a restaurant lobster as fishing for them becomes more difficult.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Today, only the Pamunkey and citizens of other tribes in Virginia can legally fish for shad in this region.
    — Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
  • Recreational swimming is not permitted, yet anglers fishing for tilapia, largemouth bass and carp are a common sight along the rocky sides of the soft-bottom areas.
    — Mack Baysinger follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • If someone fishes for attention, offer praise while naming your need for equal give and take, because harmony grows when kindness and clarity share space.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
  • That said, fishing for a potential second starter or, even a third rusher, is a lot more logical an approach for a team in the Bills’ situation.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The system requires a bright red fish for accurate motion tracking — and Blub, an Italian goldfish, was ideal for that reason.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The crew is shown working in dangerous weather conditions for hours on end, spending as many as 10 days at sea on one trip fishing for haddock, lobster and flounder.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Hemingway and Baker were friends and were on a multi-day boat trip sometime in the 1930s, fishing for giant tuna in the gulf stream.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 9 May 2026
  • During the simulation, the robot tested countless movements and gradually learned how to arrange the fish for slicing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026

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