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How to use angler in a sentence

25 example sentences · noun

Angler means a person who fishes with a hook and line. Example: “A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.”

Examples of angler by meaning

nounA person who fishes with a hook and line.

  • A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.

nounAn anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius.

  • The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head.

nounSomeone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.

  • Jonas was a consummate angler when it came the company's leave policy; he had it figured so he only needed to work six months out of the year.

More sentences with angler

  • Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage.From the entry cartilaginous
  • Many anglers consider trout to be the archetypical quarry.From the entry trout
  • An avid angler, she kept a collapsible spinning rod in the back of her truck in case she happened to drive past a likely-looking stream.From the entry spinning rod
  • Anglers catching offshore gamefish require more power than an angler catching crappie or trout.2019 December 6, “Three Great Fillet Knives for Any Angler”, in Marlin Magazinen, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025. From the entry fillet knife
  • If any professional angler can tell you the best way to lip-lock a lunker, it's Jimmy Houston.2007, Field and Stream - Volume 112, page 70. From the entry lip-lock
  • Anglers often ask me about the correct way to use a swivel, snap, or a snap-swivel.2000, Field & Stream, volume 104, number 10, page 79. From the entry snap swivel
  • Wading angler (above) is about to lip lock a chunky black bass.1990, Mark Thiffault, Illustrated Guide to Better Fishing, page 9. From the entry lip lock
  • One sees the gut fouled, the fish torn, the fish lost, and the angler fume.1930, W. F. R. Reynolds, Fly and Minnow: Common Problems of Trout and Salmon Fishing. From the entry gaffing
  • Twice the angler raised the squirming bait; but each time minus the scaly victim.1916, Everybody's magazine. From the entry fishly
  • Though most jetty anglers fish the tip when looking for blackfish, tog can often be found along the entire structure.2021, Nick Honachefsky, “Catching Tautog from Shore”, in On The Water. From the entry tog
  • Like the dhufish, the pink snapper is high up on the list of popular species that anglers love to catch.2006, Kurt Blanksby, Fishing Guide to Western Australia, Revised edition, page 52. From the entry pink snapper
  • There is no way an angler or guide should ever dehook a toothy specimen without gloves and pliers.2006, Hartt Wixom, Fishing: the extra edge, page 37. From the entry dehook
  • While they are voracious feeders, they have an unsharklike reluctance to take the baited hook of the angler.1975, John Clark, Shark Frenzy, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 45. From the entry unsharklike
  • But, somehow, I felt a bit self-conscious, embarrassed almost as though I had caught some young angler kissing a fisherette.1942, O[nnie] Warren Smith, Musings of an Angler, New York, N.Y.: A. S. Barnes & Company, page 96. From the entry fisherette
  • All I spot are lots of anglers on the canal at Wigan, indulging in a sport where social distancing is de rigueur!2020 November 4, Paul Bigland, “At no point have I felt unsafe...”, in Rail, page 47. From the entry de rigueur
  • The greater amberjack is the largest of the jacks, the most important amberjack to anglers, and, like most of its brethren, a strong fighter.2011, Ken Schultz, Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish, page 31. From the entry amberjack
  • The woman then looked directly at the angler and sweetly said, "Oopsy." She then bent over and deposited his jigs into her tackle bag.2007, Jeff Rowland, The Reel Adventures of a Marion County Angler. From the entry oopsy
  • In Australia, live baits or strip baits in a berley trail produce the big fish and a lot of anglers specialise in using this technique.1988, Richard Allan, Go Fish Australia: All You Need to Know about Freshwater and Saltwater Fishing - a Comprehensive Guide for Everyone…. From the entry berley
  • Many bass anglers I've known prefer a lip-lock to this gill method, and it surely does work for hoisting ol' funnel-mouth into the boat.1974, Bob Zwirz, The ABC's of fishing, page 48. From the entry lip-lock
  • In plain terms, the paternoster is a rig with the weight at the bottom and hook traces (sometimes called snoods by sea anglers) attached above in fixed positions.2012, Peter Kaminsky, Greg Schwipps, Dominic Garnett, Fishing for Dummies, UK edition, Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry paternoster
  • Besides a tidy presentation, this arrangement allows the sea angler to try more than one bait and you'll often find paternosters with two hooks (or even three or four).2012, Peter Kaminsky, Greg Schwipps, Dominic Garnett, Fishing for Dummies, UK edition, Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry paternoster
  • In making the transition from a doctrinaire flyrodder to an all-around big fish hunter on all kinds of tackle, Trevor Gowdy, became the compleatest (Izaak Walton’s rendering) angler I know.2008 June 21, Peter Kaminsky, “Taking His Cue From the Fish”, in New York Times. From the entry flyrodder

Meaning of angler

  1. noun A person who fishes with a hook and line.
  2. noun An anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius.
  3. noun Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.

Full definition of angler

Questions about angler in a sentence

How do you use angler in a sentence?
Angler is used as a noun. For example: “A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.”
What is a short sentence with angler?
“Many anglers consider trout to be the archetypical quarry.”
What does angler mean?
Angler means a person who fishes with a hook and line.

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