How to Use fishpond in a Sentence

fishpond

noun
  • At one end of the village was a bamboo grove; at the other was a fishpond.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • It is said that the Menehune lived in the forest surrounding the fishpond and built it in one night.
    Sunny Fitzgerald, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The sun casts shadows of palms on the fishpond as more club members arrive in their boots and hats.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The new owner is Mālama Hulēʻia, a nonprofit that has been restoring the fishpond for the last four years.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • There's also a natural fishpond on the grounds of this pet-friendly trailer park and lots of trails nearby.
    Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 30 June 2019
  • Indulge in a Blue Agave Butter massage on a treatment bed set above glass cutouts in the floor, revealing the fishpond below.
    Michelle Stansbury, Marie Claire, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Hawaii history and is seen as the resort's cultural concierge offering special talks to guests by the edge of a historic fishpond.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Courtesy image Outside are a front porch, a large yard, and a back patio displaying a fishpond and massive ginkgo tree.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Mar. 2023
  • One terrible example was the coastal hamlet of Palaʻau, whose people had once done well with fishponds, fishing, and farming.
    Wade Graham, Smithsonian, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Springs dried up, fishponds filled in with mud washed down from the uplands, reefs were likewise smothered, and communities were forced to retreat or breakup, their members scattered to work in the wage economy elsewhere.
    Wade Graham, Smithsonian, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The deed ensures the fishpond will be used for conservation and Native Hawaiian education, aquaculture, and stewardship.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Aquaculture is ancestral in Hawaii, where fishponds were common for generations.
    Adam Skolnick, Longreads, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Suddenly motivated, farmers set records in grain production, while opening up orchards, vegetable plots and fishponds.
    Ian Johnson, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Mauna Lani, part of the Auberge Resorts Collection, with its ancient royal fishponds, outrigger canoes, and calm beach, exemplifies the family-forward approach.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023

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