How to Use lobster trap in a Sentence

lobster trap

noun
  • Problem was, that line would also break under the weight of a dozen lobster traps.
    — Kathryn Miles, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Salmon racks haven’t seen the inside of a Maine lobster trap for twenty years.
    — Andrew Hetherington, National Geographic, 1 May 2019
  • There are no tables—just a bunch of old rusty, lobster traps masquerading as them.
    — Molly Baz, Bon Appétit, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Those are the varieties of seafood found in lobster traps post-Irma.
    — Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The plan would mean reducing by half the number of lobster trap lines that could entangle whales.
    — USA TODAY, 15 July 2019
  • The removed gear included 157 feet of line and two wire mesh lobster traps.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In high-traffic areas, boaters have the tendency to cut their buoys, which can be attached to gill nets or lobster traps.
    — Melanie Bencosme, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Right whales, other whales and turtles get caught in lobster trap lines, but fewer lines can maintain the same lobster catch levels.
    — Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 7 June 2020
  • Maine was dreamy, with quiet stretches of woods full of swimming holes and rope swings, lobster traps stacked in pleasing geometries.
    — Eryn Loeb, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Roderick Grimshaw pushed an empty lobster trap to the stern as Michael Grimshaw hauled up the rest.
    — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • In Gloucester, the lobster trap tree has been a part of the Christmas landscape for 20 years.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Woodbury's Ogunquit wasn't about quaint lighthouses or lobster traps.
    — Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • What’s more iconically Maine than a Christmas tree crafted from lobster traps?
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Six auctioneers banter and dicker their way through rows of antique plows, hand crank Maytags, saddlery and a few lobster traps.
    — Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Three others were spotted near Miscou Island trailing ropes, which attach crab and lobster traps on the seabed to buoys (see map).
    — The Economist, 18 July 2019
  • Learn about a lobster’s anatomy and life cycle, find out the purpose of lobster’s leg hairs, and discover all the different parts and functions of a lobster trap.
    — Kari Bodnarchuk, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • The picnic tables are surrounded by a wall of blue-wire lobster traps, a hint that co-owner Matt Weber is a lobsterman.
    — Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
  • What follows is a really sweet lobster trapping date on the water (only The Bachelorette).
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 6 June 2019
  • Enjoy quirky traditions like a Christmas tree made out of lobster traps and Santa Claus arriving by lobster boat.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Nova Scotia’s rugged coasts, however, crash with maritime soul—think lobster traps and lighthouses blinking through Atlantic fog.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Many of the city's 6,600 residents have some tie to lobstering; modest house after house has stacks of rectangular lobster traps in the driveway.
    — Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
  • The schedule includes everything from Christmas markets and historic home tours to a literal lobster trap Christmas tree lighting.
    — Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping, 14 Sep. 2022
  • This celebratory series of events takes place over 11 festive days, and includes everything from lobster trap tree lightings to an annual hat parade.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2025
  • While there is definitely a lot of old money parked in the island’s clifftop estates, this is still very much a place where locals greet each other by first name, where fisherman sail out before sunrise to pull up their lobster traps.
    — Todd Plummer, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2018
  • The absence of lobster traps and not being poked and prodded by divers armed with snares, tickle sticks and nets for nearly four months usually results in an abundance of bugs, a term that refers to the insect-like appearance of lobsters.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 5 July 2025
  • This year, the illuminations are switched on the evening of November 26, with the lighting of signature trees featuring fishing buoys and lobster traps.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The absence of commercial lobster traps and not being poked and prodded by divers armed with snares, tickle sticks and nets for nearly four months usually results in an abundance of crustaceans for the miniseason that are less wary than normal.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024
  • All around the wharf, spilling over into the parking lot, on the grass and even, in some spots, along the Overseas Highway that traverses the Florida Keys, lobster traps are stacked.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • In the Marine Tent, kids of all ages have hands-on educational opportunities, including sea life touch tank and lobster trap building demonstrations.
    — Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
  • The storm scattered and destroyed tens of thousands of lobster traps as the Keys’ fishing industry — the second-largest economic driver in Monroe County at more than $150 million — was paralyzed for three weeks.
    — Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 12 Oct. 2017

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