How to Use herring in a Sentence

herring

noun

• And — like a herring — the claim quickly starts to rot.
  — Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2021
• And – like a herring – the claim quickly starts to rot.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2021
• Space is tight on the small boats that trawl the Atlantic in search of herring.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• The man fed Max a few herring, then noticed Blades and me.
  — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• The job of the orca whales here is to herd the herring into a ball—no easy trick.
  — Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2021
• The herring is prepared with onions or sour cream sauce.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
• In the world of Twin Peaks, a number of things can be construed as red herrings.
  — Yohana Desta, VanityFair.com, 19 May 2017
• The herring are frozen and sold throughout the year and the demand far exceeds the supply.
  — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2018
• Both are drawn here in the summer to feast on the plentiful herring.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023
• The salmon shark's diet consists of salmon, squid, birds, and herring.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
• And in Lake Huron, lake herring have been stocked for the last two years in Saginaw Bay.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2018
• Not to be missed: smoked salmon and herring, both a tradition in Québec and a point of pride for the region.
  — Outside Online, 25 July 2022
• Sushi is the dream of pure sensation, but herring is the normal state of life.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• Polish delis sell the herring and some of the other Wigilia foods.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
• The seals go to colder water in the north, following the herring.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
• And on this day, kids galloped past me and rolled down the 300-foot dune, their squeals as high-pitched as the cries of the herring gulls overhead.
  — Lucinda Hahn, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019
• Van der Mersch has a herring pinched in his right hand and a bundle of straw in the other.
  — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• MacMillan caught the fish on a green-label sized herring.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Word on the docks is that the herring are fetching $300 per ton for fishermen, or about 6 cents a pound.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2021
• Her 2018 study showed that the amount of herring in the diets of tern chicks can help predict the future size of the herring stock in the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy.
  — Abby McBride, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
• The face almost looks like a menhaden or a herring or something like that.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 17 Aug. 2023
• The title was a red herring to prevent leaks, but came with its own meaning.
  — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 28 Apr. 2017
• River herring, striped bass and white and yellow perch use the water in the area for spawning.
  — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• So do herring and smelt, which are critical prey for salmon, as well as killer whales and many birds.
  — National Geographic, 2 June 2016
• Is this the start of a turnaround or another red herring?
  — Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 May 2017
• This is the place where a short-on-funds Norman used to stop for some free pickled herring and Ritz crackers.
  — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 18 May 2017
• His dish of choice played to his Swedish heritage: pickled herring.
  — oregonlive, 24 Jan. 2023
• The waters around the island are also home to seals, cod, herring and seagrass.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
• In Langholm, a salted herring and a barley cake are ceremoniously nailed to a wooden board and paraded around town.
  — Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
• Herring Canned herring is packed with omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and vitamins D and B12.
  — Lindsey Desoto, Rd, Health, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024