How to Use fisherman in a Sentence

fisherman

noun
  • What our fisherman do is a good thing.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Williams had been a fisherman all his life.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But alas for the plans of fishermen!
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Grand Isle is a fisherman’s dream come true.
    — Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Her body was found by a fisherman the next morning.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Never doubt when a fisherman gives you that bright-eyed look.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • The fisherman moves his splashing way down the pool.
    — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Quatisha’s body was found in a canal days later by fishermen.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Quatisha’s body was found in a canal days later by fishermen.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Quatisha’s body was found in a canal days later by fishermen.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Quatisha’s body was found in a canal days later by fishermen.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Quatisha’s body was found in a canal days later by fishermen.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Many were steered by fishermen bringing back the day’s catch.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • King crab fishermen harvest them for just a few weeks in the winter.
    — Coastal Living, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Also buy or create a pair of ice picks on a cord to wrap around a fisherman’s neck.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 10 Feb. 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 fish was worth from eight to twelve cents a pound that year to a fisherman and twice that in the market.
    — Ernest Hemingway, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
  • 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
  • Three days later, two fishermen found a girl's body floating in a canal in the area.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • By sunset, kids splash in the shallows while fishermen haul in their last catch of the day.
    — Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Matthews said, adding that fishermen do the same thing to harvest sharks or attract fish.
    — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Koutrakis is the child of a fisherman who worked those waters for 60 years.
    — Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • And this fisherman crew sweater is both functional and chic.
    — Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Chapman is still a keen fisherman.
    — Peter Carline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • So goes an unlucky fisherman’s joke.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 19 June 2026
  • Your eye is also drawn to the silhouettes of a fisherman and his dog in a boat.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023

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