How to Use fishing line in a Sentence

fishing line

noun
  • Hang your ghosts with fishing line from the porch ceiling.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Felde, who used pliers to free the shark from the fishing line, captured the rescue on video.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
  • The skeletons were propped up with fishing line and a friend added lights that blink to the beat of various Swift songs.
    Nicole Pelletiere, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Cover the plant's roots with sphagnum moss, secure to the screws using clear fishing line, and hang.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Finally, attach or hang the gourds to the branches with fishing line.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Each set comes with 12 candles and hooks, plus a container of fishing line.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Tie fishing line to the hooks and suspend the reflectors from a metal ring at varying heights.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Each candle has a 4.9-foot fishing line that gives it a floating effect.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Fluorocarbon is one of the best fishing lines for making a leader.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 8 June 2023
  • Learn More › To the uninitiated, choosing the right type of fly fishing line can be rather daunting.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 6 July 2023
  • The motion resembles reeling in a fishing line and exudes the same sense of steadiness and skill.
    Genevieve Ko, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • If fishing deeper water, slide the bobber up the fishing line toward the rod tip.
    Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In such cases, fishing line can dig into the whale’s body and drain its energy.
    Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • To suspend it, use the drawstring on the food sack—or better yet, add a length of heavy-duty fishing line, which rodents can’t climb. 5.
    Andrew Skurka, Outside Online, 26 Jan. 2019
  • The reels also can hold heavier fishing line for their size than spinning reels, and are stronger and better equipped to put the brakes on bigger fish.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • Reel line spooling — With the initial purchase of a store reel, employees will spool your fishing line free of charge (up to 300 yards).
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2023
  • To string the beads together, use a large upholstery needle and fishing line, and thread the fishing line through the center.
    Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Strength Strength is one of the most confusing factors in determining the best fishing line for bass.
    Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Something jerked my own fishing line dangling more than 400 feet below the shiny ocean surface.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Bigger jobs and bigger reels require the best fishing line spooler.
    Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Position the bobber on the fishing line several feet above a bait hook, and pinch on a split shot or two between hook and bobber.
    Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Pose several Halloween skeletons on the porch and the roof, securing them with fishing line.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Another mussel dangles its larvae at the end of a yard-long fishing line of mucus.
    Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The results include two standing guitars, the eight-foot model and a shorter one, each with a single childproof string made of fishing line and a pedal at the base to change the pitch.
    Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Buildings had to be designated as symbolic walls, and fishing line had to be strung.
    Joseph Berger, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Unentangled, osprey gets a health check, then takes wing When the osprey was on the ground, Enyart removed the fishing line tangled around its claw.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • When crab fishers operate in the same area, the whales can get caught in their equipment, especially in fishing lines that run from crab pots on the seafloor to buoys on the water’s surface.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Even with a spinning rod and sewing-thread-thin 6-pound test monofilament crappie fishing line, this crankbait’s diving depth bottoms out at 6 feet.
    Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • To target the fish, fishermen place multiple heavy pots on the seafloor and link them together with heavy-duty fishing line.
    Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Scientists have seen killer whales in those waters with fishing lines hanging from their bodies.
    Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2023

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