How to Use sardine in a Sentence

sardine

noun
  • Yes, sardines are good for your skin.
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Oh Siegfried, not the sardines.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Salmon Salmon is one of the best swaps for sardines.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Is there such a thing as eating too many sardines?
    — Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Eating five tins of sardines per day could pose health risks.
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Then there were rafts of dead sardines floating along the coast.
    — National Geographic, 17 May 2016
  • Life is like a tin of sardines – all of us are looking for the key.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Sear or grill sardines, then serve with rice or on top of a salad.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 27 Jan. 2026
  • That being said, don’t be grumpy if you get packed like sardines and shoved around.
    — Kaila White, azcentral, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Take a break from tuna with a lemon-herb sardine salad.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 27 Jan. 2026
  • There are one million tins of sardines in the cupboard.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Inevitably, a net this large hauls in a lot of sardines along with tuna.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
  • Rainbow trout, salmon, tuna, and sardines are all rich sources.
    — Sarah Garone, Health, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Rainbow trout, salmon, tuna, and sardines are all rich sources.
    — Sarah Garone, Health, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Rice turns half a can of sardines and a dill pickle into dinner.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Crab, shrimp, and and sardines round out the list of fish friends that provide a decent amount of zinc.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 13 June 2023
  • Canned tuna has never been my thing, nor have tinned sardines or even most anchovies.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Boxes of pasta stacked high, maybe, alongside tins of sardines or a jar of olives.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Anchovies and sardines are both small, oily fish that are usually canned or jarred.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Striper fishing is good at Verona, with sardines and pile worms working best.
    — Sacbee, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • There have been some salmon moving up, too, and being caught on sardine fillets.
    — sacbee, 9 Apr. 2018
  • That said, his choice for omega-3s would be smaller fish, like sardines and anchovies.
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The free milk, sardines and pasta offered by the center helped.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Love or hate them, sardines are making waves in heart health discussions.
    — Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 1 May 2026
  • All of that brings us back to the anchovy, along with fish such as the sardine and mackerel.
    — New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Fatty fish such as salmon, sardines, trout, and mackerel are among the best sources.
    — Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 4 June 2026
  • Good sources of it include dairy products, almonds, sardines, kale and bok choy.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • The crisp sardines, a hat tip to southern Iran, sting from vinegar and sing with warm spices.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The ground was littered with sardines, presumably dropped by birds.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
  • And then we would be thrown in the paddy wagons, and sometimes we were stacked in there like sardines in a can.
    — CNN, 4 Apr. 2018

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