How to Use gar in a Sentence

gar

noun

• Weston's fish is also a contender for the record for the largest gar caught with a 6-pound test line.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
• The Trinity River is still the best place to catch the biggest gar, although they are found in other lakes and rivers across the state.
  — Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
• In fact, Trump’s team has gar outstripped the efforts of his predecessor.
  — David Dayen, New Republic, 9 June 2017
• Nick and his friends eventually released the gar back into the river.
  — Jewel Wicker, Teen Vogue, 1 Oct. 2018
• Like Phoebodus, the alligator gar has long jaws and a flat skull, which limit its bite force.
  — Tim Vernimmen, National Geographic, 1 Oct. 2019
• The gar hunts in open water, and its long jaw and flat head allows it to snap at a fishing coming from almost any direction.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Oct. 2019
• In the past, his group has scanned gars, an eel, a bowhead whale fetus, and even a 2.5-meter bigeye sand tiger shark (which didn't completely fit inside the scanner).
  — Ryan Cross, Science | AAAS, 24 Aug. 2017
• Such was the case in January when a small group of excited spear-fishers slaughtered 82 gar on the Minnesota River.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021
• Outlook: Clinton Marina reports: crappie – fair to good around the docks and along the banks; gar are being caught around the marina; all other species – no reports.
  — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 16 May 2018
• So-called because of its toothy mouth and broad snout, the alligator gar is a fish that bears a remarkable resemblance to four-legged alligators.
  — Georeen Tanner, Fox News, 8 June 2017
• While there are no confirmed attacks on people, alligator gar continue to be feared by many.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 18 June 2018
• The tyrannosaur remains were found near each other, but the larger dig site also holds half a dozen 3-foot-plus turtle shells, along with remnants of giant fish called gars, parts of a 20-foot crocodile and other bones.
  — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2019
• Bluegill, mullet, gar and minnows are some of the spring’s underwater inhabitants.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2019
• Long before any of these modern invasives, people went to great lengths in the 1930s to get rid of native alligator gar with a custom boat called the Electric Gar Destroyer that would zap the fish with high voltage.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• Now, the alligator gar, which the fishermen released back into the reservoir, is being reviewed by IGFA for two potential records.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
• Visitors can find fish like gar and bluegill, several varieties of birds, turtles, alligators and even non-native rhesus monkeys that still live around the spring.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 22 July 2019
• The Texas agency has plenty of information on the alligator gar on its official website.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 18 June 2018
• Residents reported waves of dead fish, including large, hearty species such as catfish and gar washing up in droves and creating an almost unbearable smell.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al.com, 14 June 2019
• So in a river full of alligator gar, for example, or a lake full of flathead catfish, their ability to escape predation is lower than that of a regular-finned common carp.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
• Tabasco’s freshwater gar, an ancient, primitive fish with a face like an alligator’s.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 25 June 2012
• Kirkland's advice for landing a record breaking alligator gar?
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 20 Apr. 2023
• The requirement applies to alligator gar taken in public freshwater or saltwater.
  — Shannon Tompkins, ExpressNews.com, 16 Aug. 2019
• But their actions do bowfishers, already under fire from some quarters concerning their targeting of alligator gar, a disservice that could well see their recreation face increased regulation.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 28 June 2018
• Texas currently imposes no length restrictions on alligator gar.
  — Shannon Tompkins, ExpressNews.com, 16 Aug. 2019
• Weston's fish is also a contender for the record for the largest gar caught with a 6-pound test line.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
• The Trinity River is still the best place to catch the biggest gar, although they are found in other lakes and rivers across the state.
  — Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
• In fact, Trump’s team has gar outstripped the efforts of his predecessor.
  — David Dayen, New Republic, 9 June 2017
• Nick and his friends eventually released the gar back into the river.
  — Jewel Wicker, Teen Vogue, 1 Oct. 2018
• Like Phoebodus, the alligator gar has long jaws and a flat skull, which limit its bite force.
  — Tim Vernimmen, National Geographic, 1 Oct. 2019
• The gar hunts in open water, and its long jaw and flat head allows it to snap at a fishing coming from almost any direction.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024