fish
noun
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
had fished
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past perfectof fish.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Summoned to the scene, the new police and civil defense officials who took over during the transition had fished out the bodies, which were then sent to Damascus for a forensic analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Caboclo admits he had fished illegally in the past, but claims he stopped doing so years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Ms. Ui Aodha was born in a village in the Gaeltacht, the Irish-speaking area of the country, into a family that had fished for over 150 years.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
Crab fisherman Stan Rennie said his family had fished the waters off Hartlepool for hundreds of years but he feared that would be "lost" with him.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2022
Even the Vole, who had fished the red priest from the sea, had urged Victarion to give him to the Drowned God.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
