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How to use goldfish in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Goldfish means a type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored. Example: “For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.”

Examples of goldfish by meaning

nounA type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.

  • For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.
  • How about a nice goldfish instead?2017, Howard Bennett, The Fantastic Body: What Makes You Tick & How You Get Sick

More sentences with goldfish

  • I bobbed my head underwater and saw the goldfish.From the entry bob
  • OJ is as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl, and everybody knows it.2000 June 13, Flykiller, “O.J. Goes on the Offensive”, in alt.rush-limbaugh (Usenet). From the entry guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl
  • We like the way they live, in their penthouselike surroundings filled with fake ferns and goldfish.1988 June, Spy, page 27. From the entry surroundings
  • There are toys strewn across my once-pristine floors, goldfish crackers in my couch cushions, and empty juice boxes in my car.2013, Erin MacPherson, The Christian Mama's Guide to Having a Baby. From the entry mommy
  • He's as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl.2012, Michael Juge, Refurbished Soul, Book Three of the Shift Trilogy, page 140. From the entry guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl
  • He was told she was too distressed to come out - Battersea the goldfish had died and she was 'in floods'.2011 May 31, Tina Brown, The Diana Chronicles, Random House, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry in floods
  • Some have taken their old Macintosh computers, filled them with water and goldfish and turned them into “MacQuariums.”2006 April 8, Ellen Lee, “An Apple Today: Fans share one thing in common – the preference for a certain brand of computer”, in Northwest…. From the entry MacQuarium
  • Goronwy has gone to goldfish heaven where he is swimming in a beautiful clear blue ocean with all the other fishies.2004 July 17, Western Mail, Cardiff, section 15. From the entry heaven
  • And they say goldfish have no memory.1998, “Little Plastic Castle”, in Little Plastic Castle, performed by Ani DiFranco. From the entry memory
  • Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, chapter VII, in A House Is Built, section vi. From the entry chandelier
  • Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace ?1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, section vi. From the entry stay-lace
  • Now, in this aquarium there are four educated goldfish; at least, two are fish and the other two are fishesses.1911, David Devant, “With Fish and Letters. The Educated Fish”, in Nevil Maskelyne, David Devant, Our Magic: The Art in Magic, the Theory…. From the entry fishess
  • She voiced her regrets when he dropped dimes on goldfish and refused to accept the excuse that he was trying to set them free.2007, Dennis Ford, Red Star, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry drop dimes

Meaning of goldfish

  1. noun A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
  2. noun A person with an unreliable memory.

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Questions about goldfish in a sentence

How do you use goldfish in a sentence?
Goldfish is used as a noun. For example: “For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.”
What is a short sentence with goldfish?
“How about a nice goldfish instead?”
What does goldfish mean?
Goldfish means a type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.

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