How to Use herring in a Sentence

herring

noun
  • Above, herring gulls wheel and nest in the cliff’s rugged crevices.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Use cut, oily fish such as shad, herring, or the heads of cod or salmon as bait.
    — Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • Other captains chum with chunks of frozen herring and even chunks of squid.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Space is tight on the small boats that trawl the Atlantic in search of herring.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
  • The job of the orca whales here is to herd the herring into a ball—no easy trick.
    — Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The salmon shark's diet consists of salmon, squid, birds, and herring.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Both are drawn here in the summer to feast on the plentiful herring.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The face almost looks like a menhaden or a herring or something like that.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 17 Aug. 2023
  • So do herring and smelt, which are critical prey for salmon, as well as killer whales and many birds.
    — National Geographic, 2 June 2016
  • The title was a red herring to prevent leaks, but came with its own meaning.
    — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Sushi is the dream of pure sensation, but herring is the normal state of life.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • Bright bits of science fact shimmer throughout these pages like schools of herring.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
  • Omega-3s can come from krill or fish like salmon, herring, anchovies, whiting, and more.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
  • This season had a couple of red-herring villains.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Then, a group of whales all lunge upwards at the same time, scooping up the herring with gaping mouths.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Puffins spend most of their lives at sea, eating small fish, less than six inches long, such as sand lance and herring.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The herring are frozen and sold throughout the year and the demand far exceeds the supply.
    — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Polish delis sell the herring and some of the other Wigilia foods.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Van der Mersch has a herring pinched in his right hand and a bundle of straw in the other.
    — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The waters around the island are also home to seals, cod, herring and seagrass.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The seals go to colder water in the north, following the herring.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
  • In the world of Twin Peaks, a number of things can be construed as red herrings.
    — Yohana Desta, VanityFair.com, 19 May 2017
  • The herring came through the sound, surfacing and gulping only oil.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 10 July 2023
  • Sardines, along with with salmon, anchovies, herring, and trout, are great for boosting your skin, nail, and hair health.
    — Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Surströmming is made from Baltic sea herring, which is fermented in a weak brine for at least six months.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 5 June 2021
  • Fatty, low-mercury fish like salmon, sardines, trout, and herring are among the best choices for heart health.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Like the store itself, the core menu—salmon, herring, caviar, cream cheese—has stayed largely consistent over the years.
    — Harrison Hill, AFAR Media, 19 Aug. 2025
  • So are oily fish — like anchovies, herring, salmon, sardines and striped bass — some nuts and seeds, and soybeans and tofu.
    — Barbara Mantel, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Teams must then ride tandem bikes to a cheese market, while Jack and Enzo chow down on some herring.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Even our teacher joined in, making a case for sill (herring), most famous in its inlagd (pickled) form.
    — Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026

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