Example Sentences
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In the 1800s, when the pupfish swam throughout the valley, the Paiute peoples seined the fish for food.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2021
We seined under blue skies, taking in the squawking seabirds and miles of wild tidal beach.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 26, 2016
He seined such old tomes as Beale's Natural History of the Sperm Whale and Scoresby's Account of the Arctic Regions for obscure facts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of the supporting cast were amateurs seined from Philadelphia dramatic groups, or girl friends of members of the crew stuck into the film just to maintain employee relations.
From Time Magazine Archive
I don’t believe there’s going to be much more fish going to be seined this fall––and wouldn’t she make a passage of it in this easterly?
From The Seiners by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
