Example Sentences

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Shotter said that salmon sperm “is harvested from salmons without harming them.”

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2024

As a result, the state has been trucking millions of salmons raised at hatcheries to the ocean each year, bypassing the perilous downstream journey.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2021

Wee had a very good depth, as sixe, seven, eight, nine, ten, twelve, and thirteene fathomes, and great store of salmons in the river.

From Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

I like the salmons, and I dote on the fun and the fuss. 

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Thor alone an ox devoured, salmons eight, and all the sweetmeats women should have.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson