sardine
noun
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
sardines
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pluralof sardine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Jacquie Navratil prepares a trap using chicken wings and sardines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
She recently marked her birthday with a meal of her favourite food of Cornish sardines.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
As Mr. Ogilvy writes, “now the abalone live in hatcheries, the sardines in tanks, the tuna in the fish holds of charter boats and gourmet custom cans.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The warming of the ocean surface is forcing anchovies and sardines -- which the mammals eat -- to seek cooler waters, either at deeper levels or farther north.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
And then we would be thrown in the paddy wagons, and sometimes we were stacked in there like sardines in a can.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
