Example Sentences

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Since then, I’ve never been fishless for more than a few hours.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

Impossible Foods, a dominant force in the alternative protein industry, has been developing a fishless fish project for years.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2021

A lot of these lakes historically were fishless.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2021

And most importantly for Franny Stone, waves crash over fishless seas and Arctic terns, deprived of the aquatic plenitude that fuels their 25,000-mile annual journeys, are on what may be their last migration.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2020

We have seen that they now contaminate soil, water, and food, that they have the power to make our streams fishless and our gardens and woodlands silent and birdless.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson