Thesaurus results for FISHING

fishing

verb

Definition of fishing next

present participle of fish

as in fumbling

to search for something blindly or uncertainly take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box

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Recent Examples of fishing Samantha continued sharing photos of them spending time together throughout the summer, including an August 2025 series of images that included one of them fishing together. —

Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026 Is fishing done from an ordinary boat or from launches? —

Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026 Duncan and Geiger, in their farewell post, noted readers looked to the almanac for advice on such things as the best days to potty train or wean a baby, or the best time to go fishing. —

Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025 And what that caused was folks like me having to go out in weather that was not fit to be fishing in and going out in conditions where your vessel wasn't 100%. —

Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fishing

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The image of Gobert fumbling with the ball and having his shot attempt rim out has been a lasting one.

— Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Georgia Tech also went 3 of 6, fumbling at the BYU 11-yard line in the third quarter and having a 35-yard field goal by Aidan Birr blocked late in the quarter.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025