How to Use goldfish in a Sentence

goldfish

noun
  • This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Some big flatheads have been caught on goldfish in the past week.
    — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 11 July 2018
  • His goldfish had died the year before.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • What happens to pet store goldfish if they're set free in a pond or lake?
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 July 2021
  • There were 23 goldfish and koi in the pond—most about a foot long.
    — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2020
  • And the whole deal about the goldfish bowl and living in it, that kicked in.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 June 2017
  • What is the name of Elmo’s pet goldfish?
    — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Someone has to keep track of when the goldfish snacks run out and add them to the cart too!
    — Sugey Palomares, Parents, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There are many reasons the common goldfish has its hooks in me.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
  • They were supposed to only live for a few days like goldfish from a fair.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Stock some koi, goldfish and even red-eared slider turtles in it.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
  • Well, think about the goldfish-swallowing days and all the rest of it.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The six goldfish that took part in driver’s training passed their test.
    — Daniela Hernandez, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Go up to a goldfish and ask for its thoughts on fluid mechanics.
    — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The fish are the relatives of the pet goldfish abandoned in the lake.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The rise of the giant goldfish isn't just a Burnsville issue.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2021
  • In the far back corner of Welch’s garden is a small pond filled with goldfish.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 30 May 2024
  • Banana trees filled the foyer, and turtles and goldfish filled a pond.
    — Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2017
  • One worries about morale when a child is on her own for the first time—without friends, pet goldfish, or a lamp.
    — David Netto, Town & Country, 12 July 2018
  • One of the world's biggest goldfish has been caught, weighing in at 67 lbs.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • And there's a tiny goldfish in there, just doing his best to control this big, goofy mastiff body.
    — Arika Herron, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The audience is focused on the fact that this goldfish is going to die.
    — Shaad D'souza, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Most little kids have the attention span of goldfish.
    — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And anyone who flushes a pet goldfish down the toilet is breaking the law.
    — Helena Bachmann, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The goldfish in the tank were placed in a test arena and tasked with driving toward a target.
    — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Objects run the gamut — bikes, 50-pound weights, even a live goldfish in a plastic bag.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The goldfish has learned to stay in one place in its small home, previously a pasta jar.
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • The alien goldfish may have pushed the toothy tongue out of its mouth and into the water to catch prey, researchers say.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2022

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