How to Use sardine in a Sentence

sardine

noun

• Then there were rafts of dead sardines floating along the coast.
  — National Geographic, 17 May 2016
• 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
• The Atlantic rushes up to my ankles, the beach smells of wind and sardines.
  — Hannah Howard, SELF, 15 Apr. 2018
• And oh, the celebs! They were really packed in there like sardines.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• That being said, don’t be grumpy if you get packed like sardines and shoved around.
  — Kaila White, azcentral, 20 Mar. 2018
• The less exciting method is to just troll off the back of the boat, one sardine to a rod, one rod per angler.
  — Nate Matthews, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
• The crisp sardines, a hat tip to southern Iran, sting from vinegar and sing with warm spices.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• These days the sardines are fished out and there are one-third as many residents as in 1870, the end of the sailing age.
  — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
• Splurge on a bottle of champagne and enjoy the pressed duck, sea urchin pâté, and sardines.
  — Sarah Rowe, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2017
• The free milk, sardines and pasta offered by the center helped.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
• 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
• The scoop: Oily fish like salmon (and sardines, mackerel, and trout) are full of omega-3 fatty acids.
  — SELF, 8 Aug. 2019
• What about a short history of canned sardines, or tiramisu, or clear fruit brandies?
  — Town & Country, 13 June 2015
• Stengel noticed the sardines made a specific noise each time the mahi mahi went in to strike.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
• And came up with the name Hot Sardines the day of the gig, when Bougerol found a tin of sardines in hot sauce at a Brooklyn co-op food market.
  — Joe Klopus, kansascity, 4 Mar. 2018
• In the spring and summer, adults and young sharks move to waters close to shore to feed on herring,sardines and other small fish.
  — oregonlive.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• Striper fishing is good at Verona, with sardines and pile worms working best.
  — Sacbee, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
• Rice turns half a can of sardines and a dill pickle into dinner.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 19 Jan. 2018
• The sardines are not on the menu, but cans are kept on hand for sentimental customers.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2017
• The food leans toward Spain: There's a pig in a vise (okay, a jamón serrano) crowning the bar; fat sardines are served in the tin; the olives are meaty and green.
  — Esquire Editors, Esquire, 25 May 2017
• Instead, the town is a place to surf, eat fresh sardines, sit at a sidewalk cafe table and people watch.
  — Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 21 Mar. 2018
• But even a surplus of homes may not be enough to stop the young and poor from having to play sardines, if the old and rich are incentivised to spread out.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019
• Smelt, sardines, sea urchin, and rockfish deserve to share the spotlight with scallops and spot prawns.
  — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2019
• The idea is to tease the roosters into a feeding frenzy and then cast a sardine with a hook in its head into the carnage.
  — Nate Matthews, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
• Canned fish: Tuna, salmon and sardines are all great options.
  — NBC News, 12 Mar. 2020
• Cut anchovies, cut sardines and pile worms are working well.
  — sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
• Plump, rich and well charred, the sardines needed only a generous squeeze of lemon and a drizzle of olive oil.
  — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
• Prices start at $80 for a sterling silver sardine fork, heathwagoner.com.
  — Caitie Kelly Fiona Kerr Rima Suqi Salomé Gómez-Upegui Ayodeji Rotinwa Gage Daughdrill, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• The ground was littered with sardines, presumably dropped by birds.
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
• There will be an oyster pan roast, fluke milanese with shiso and fennel salad, cacio e pepe spear squid, and charred sardine toast with piquillo relish.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024