How to Use fishpond in a Sentence

fishpond

noun
  • The sun casts shadows of palms on the fishpond as more club members arrive in their boots and hats.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • There’s a small fishpond near the west side of the lot, right next to the old nitrate vaults (which are empty).
    — Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
  • It is said that the Menehune lived in the forest surrounding the fishpond and built it in one night.
    — Sunny Fitzgerald, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2023
  • There's also a natural fishpond on the grounds of this pet-friendly trailer park and lots of trails nearby.
    — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 30 June 2019
  • The new owner is Mālama Hulēʻia, a nonprofit that has been restoring the fishpond for the last four years.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The ancient Kalahuipua’a royal fishponds are still there, now an easy walk from the sleek, adults-only infinity pool.
    — Emily Adler, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Hawaii history and is seen as the resort's cultural concierge offering special talks to guests by the edge of a historic fishpond.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
  • One terrible example was the coastal hamlet of Palaʻau, whose people had once done well with fishponds, fishing, and farming.
    — Wade Graham, Smithsonian, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The area hosts an ancient Hawaiian fishpond being restored by community groups.
    — CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Indulge in a Blue Agave Butter massage on a treatment bed set above glass cutouts in the floor, revealing the fishpond below.
    — Michelle Stansbury, Marie Claire, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Aquaculture is ancestral in Hawaii, where fishponds were common for generations.
    — Adam Skolnick, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Suddenly motivated, farmers set records in grain production, while opening up orchards, vegetable plots and fishponds.
    — Ian Johnson, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Springs dried up, fishponds filled in with mud washed down from the uplands, reefs were likewise smothered, and communities were forced to retreat or breakup, their members scattered to work in the wage economy elsewhere.
    — Wade Graham, Smithsonian, 31 Aug. 2019
  • That includes a fishpond on the island of Moku‘ula, the domain of the former Hawaiian Kingdom’s freshwater deity.
    — Laura Bratton, Quartz, 12 July 2024
  • The deed ensures the fishpond will be used for conservation and Native Hawaiian education, aquaculture, and stewardship.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Mauna Lani, part of the Auberge Resorts Collection, with its ancient royal fishponds, outrigger canoes, and calm beach, exemplifies the family-forward approach.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Upcoming opportunities include workdays at the 400-year-old royal fishpond Loko Iʻa Pāʻaiau on O‘ahu, beach cleanups with Friends of Kamalani & Lydgate Park in Kaua‘i, and sewing initiatives with The Sewing Hui in Maui.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2026

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