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
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
But opposition, from Alaska Native communities, environmentalists and the fishing industry never diminished, and even Mr. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., a sportsman who had fished in the region, came out against the project.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
“They kind of knew over the years where different guys had fished their traps. So their knowledge has been invaluable to us being able to locate these things.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
There he was, coming into the house with that crazy Cletus Underwood, who had fished his old suitcase from the bushes beside the Chevy and was holding it up against his chest.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
