Example Sentences

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“Seeing some of the faces on the field, the Anthony Rendons, the Mike Trouts, puts a huge smile on my face.”

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

The indexer even manages to return fire for the attack on Bromley’s interest in Carp with an entry imputing a similar banality to Addison: “The Lake of Mount Ceunis is well stocked with Trouts, 445.”

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022

Partnering with Tiny Turnip, based in San Clemente, came naturally to the Trouts.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2020

By the end of the season, the Trouts realized Mike would be a first-round pick, and the Angels grabbed him at 25th.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2018

And now lets go and see what interest the Trouts will pay us for letting our Angle-rods lye so long and so quietly in the water.

From The Complete Angler 1653 by Walton, Izaak