How to Use fish story in a Sentence

fish story

noun
  • He told a ridiculous fish story about a swarm of giant mosquitoes.
  • But that fish story wasn’t done.
    — Jon Chapman, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Otherwise, his fish story might have turned out even stranger.
    — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2020
  • But the folk tale has seemingly remained just that — a fish story.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Share your fish stories, adventures, tips and tricks at outdoors@idahostatesman.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 22 May 2018
  • Every fisherman has a big fish story that their friends find hard to believe.
    — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Bring vise, tools and materials and/or fish stories.
    — Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Kipling’s fame reached across the globe in those last years of the 19th century, and so Oregonians reveled in his fish story.
    — oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The Arctic Report Cards each December since then have been a northern fish story, with the salmon getting bigger with each telling.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Then it gets spread all over town in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's annual fish story contest.
    — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2021
  • However, the big fish story of the day had to be the one related by Joe, who spent nearly 30 years as a diver and welder working on underwater pipelines.
    — Ralph Winingham, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Mar. 2018
  • But a cellphone video filmed during Hurricane Ian’s assault on southwest Florida isn’t just another fish story.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022

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