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Explore Fishy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like funny or shady. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Fishy in a sentence

Fishy meaning

  1. Of, from, or similar to fish.
  2. Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
  3. Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.

Synonyms of Fishy

Using Fishy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of, from, or similar to fish. | Suspicious; inspiring doubt. | Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.
  • Useful related words include: aquatic vertebrate, funny, shady, suspect.
  • In the example corpus, fishy often appears in combinations such as: something fishy, fishy about, of fishy.

Context around Fishy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Fishy

  • In this selection, "fishy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, something, nothing, smell, photographs, dead and voting stand out and add context to how "fishy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 2023 on fishy placements from and a little fishy but wouldn. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "fishy" sits close to words such as abm, adsl and adua, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with fishy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Sockeye sounds rather fishy, anyway. (5 words)

Absolutely nothing fishy about this guy, nope. (7 words)

It was kind of fishy, but not in a good way,” she said. (13 words)

It’s probably not a good idea to dip water from the South Platte River and try to drink it, but if one did, it might taste oily or earthy or even a little fishy, but wouldn’t taste salty. (40 words)

Speaking of the Bot, he took four guesses today, guessing slate / croup / whisk / fishy, which means I get 0 points for guessing in 3 and 1 point for beating the Bot for a grand total of 1 huzzah. (38 words)

In it, she criticizes former R.N.C. chair Ronna McDaniel for not doing more to investigate “fishy voting” after Trump’s 2020 defeat and blasts Nikki Haley for trying to distance herself from Trump after Jan. (37 words)

Japanese fish cheesecake: is it more of a fishy cake, or a cakey fish? (14 words)

Example sentences (20)

Absolutely nothing fishy about this guy, nope.

As we move into the summer months, I would ask that any fishing stories and fishy photographs be passed on to me so that I can relay the news to our readers.

Here’s the thing though: live fish already smell fishy; dead fish smell even fishier (and they get fishier fast).

It was kind of fishy, but not in a good way,” she said.

Seems pretty fishy that the NFL is pulling for either Cincy or Buffalo to win the SB this year.

Speaking of the Bot, he took four guesses today, guessing slate / croup / whisk / fishy, which means I get 0 points for guessing in 3 and 1 point for beating the Bot for a grand total of 1 huzzah.

In it, she criticizes former R.N.C. chair Ronna McDaniel for not doing more to investigate “fishy voting” after Trump’s 2020 defeat and blasts Nikki Haley for trying to distance herself from Trump after Jan.

It’s probably not a good idea to dip water from the South Platte River and try to drink it, but if one did, it might taste oily or earthy or even a little fishy, but wouldn’t taste salty.

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Japanese fish cheesecake: is it more of a fishy cake, or a cakey fish?

My love of simplicity also led me to the Crispy Skin Norwegian Salmon, which was just as described — a perfectly baked hunk of pinkish-red salmon, with a skin that crunched, like a fishy potato chip.

Office canteen is serving some fishy-smelling meat, so I opt for a sandwich instead.

Sockeye sounds rather fishy, anyway.

The centre stresses the significance of being on guard, not answering calls from unknown numbers, and never sending money or clicking on links that seem fishy.

This would have been high on my list before Adalytics broke its third major report of 2023 on fishy placements from Google’s ad suite.

A classic leek vinaigrette, the alliums softly seductive, is topped with chopped eggs, and salty, fishy ones too, in the form of grated bottarga.

Dean thinks there’s much more to the story and that something appears fishy from what we’re being told about the production.

He insisted that there is something fishy in the investigation of Mumbai Police and it seems that “it wants to hide and suppress some material facts which are necessary for impartial and fair investigation of the case”.

If they come across something fishy, they are supposed to file a Suspicious Activity Report to the banking regulator wherever they happen to be.

It is famous, especially for those who don’t like the overly fishy/smell of seafood.

Nielsen plays Dr. Rumrack, the one who discovers the fishy cause of the food poisoning.

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Common combinations with fishy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "fishy" in a sentence?
An example: "Absolutely nothing fishy about this guy, nope." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "fishy" from authentic English texts.
What does "fishy" mean?
Fishy means: Of, from, or similar to fish.
What are synonyms of "fishy"?
Common synonyms of "fishy" include: aquatic vertebrate, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious, questionable.
How many example sentences with "fishy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "fishy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.