How to Use goby in a Sentence

goby

1 of 2 noun
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  • Set up the rig so the bait or lure is a foot, or two, off the bottom and out of the range of bait-stealing round gobies.
    — D'arcy Eagan, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The round goby is a small, soft-bodied fish with a black spot on its dorsal fin.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Frozen round goby, a tasty snack for a sturgeon, was used as bait on a long line that was deep in the river.
    — Ed White, Chron, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Species such as the pygmy goby, an Australian fish, only live for eight weeks.
    — Bárbara Pinho, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2021
  • There are even some fish who can change color to blend in, including the rock goby and filefish. 2.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The fish that are likely to thrive in the oceans of the future—small, adaptable species such as gobies and blennies—are, simply, not fish people like to eat.
    — Lizzie Wade, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2015
  • But the presence of the tidewater goby meant the road could not be cleared nor a temporary ramp erected — at least before the triathlon.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Another goby spends longer as a larval stage than as an adult.
    — Jennifer Hayes, National Geographic, 23 May 2019
  • King salmon remain reluctant to try the gobies as a food source, but that may change over time, Tanner said.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Then came an infestation of a little bug-eyed fish called the round goby, which made its way into the lakes the same way as the mussels, and from the same place — the Caspian Sea basin.
    — jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Breaching the lagoon could sweep the gobies out to sea, threatening their chance of survival.
    — Teresa L. Carey, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2017
  • During the evening, the goby rises up to the mid-level waters before sinking back in the early morning.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2010
  • Lionfish are adept hunters of gobies, which are small, schooling fish that tend to hover near rocks and the seabed, making them easy to herd and corner.
    — Fox News, 6 June 2017
  • This little goby fish saves its host coral by keeping toxic algae at bay.
    — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2012
  • Millions of gobies are found in the waters off Milwaukee.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The little goby has become the bane of lakeshore recreational anglers because the fish feast on smallmouth bass eggs and out-compete native species for food.
    — jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • As noted above, bluegills and threadfin shad are more commonly eaten by bass across southern fisheries, while goby, perch, and smelt are the more typical fare in the North.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
  • The sizeable sea creature was caught using a frozen round goby as bait, attached to a line that reached deep into the Detroit river, reports Mike Jordan for the Guardian.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2021
  • These diverse swimmers range from teeny-tiny pygmy goby to sunfish and every size in between.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • In the Mediterranean samples there were rock gobies, horse mackerel and sardines.
    — The Economist, 5 June 2019
  • The warm water sped up the metabolism of the gobies, making them hungrier.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 11 May 2017
  • One of the most intriguing tales surrounding the falls – and of evolution in general – is of a 5-inch black and orange native fish, a type of goby known as the ‘o’opu’alamo’o, which hatches in the stream above ‘Akaka Falls.
    — Brian J. Cantwell, sacbee, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Not as popular is the appearance in the lower Clackamas of the invasive Amur goby, a small fish resembling a sculpin, but with much shorter fins.
    — oregonlive.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Scientists are studying how the goby might give back to the food web; the fish are credited with reviving the Lake Erie water snake population.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021
  • Another now-prevalent invasive fish species in the Great Lakes, the round goby, is offering a new food stock for many types of sport fish, including lake trout, steelhead and Atlantic salmon.
    — Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2017
  • There are lots of aquatic fishes that use their fins in similar ways to the mud skippers on the land, says Gordon, like gobies, a group of more than 2,200 species of fishes to which mudskippers are related.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2023
  • Longfin smelt and yellowfin gobies are spawning in the usually swampy southern end of the bay, and sediment coming in from mountain streams is replenishing the structure of its basin.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2023
  • But that assumption has proved wrong in the Benguela, at least, thanks to a 13-centimeter-long fish known as the bearded goby (Sufflogobius bibarbatus).
    — David Biello, Scientific American, 15 July 2010
  • The work reopened 10 miles of the upper watershed to salmon and steelhead and restored marsh habitat for the San Francisco garter snake, California red-legged frog and tidewater goby.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Thus a bass in south Florida will chase down a golden shiner, and a smallmouth in one of the Great Lakes will gorge on goby, simply because one of these fish can thrive in one environment, while the other is more suited for the other.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
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go by

2 of 2 verb
  • Here, the pair sits and watches as floats go by in 1965.
    — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Krieger, who goes by the moniker the Cat Coach, draws an even thicker line in the sand.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Among them are the videos of Leonel Moreno, who goes by the name of Leito Oficial.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Then 20 more seconds go by and the third ball comes out.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2024
  • More than 15 years went by and the couple still hadn't made their way down the aisle.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Yet, a habit once built makes the next 21 years of your life far more worthwhile than the ones gone by.
    — Neeraj Srivastava, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • As the years go by, some hard lessons are learned but others not so much.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The hour-and-a-half practice went by in a flash, with many of them eager to stay to learn more.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Fifty years have gone by and there hasn’t been a James Lick team to win a league title.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
  • But by then, many months had gone by with little progress to show for it.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 June 2024
  • The whole area is wrapped in your own private terrace, a bird's eye view to watch the world go by.
    — Stacey Wreathall and Dafydd Gwyon, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
  • For purists, fear not—concrete has not gone by the wayside.
    — Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Two days of voting went by in a blur, with me barely present.
    — Joao Silva, New York Times, 27 May 2024
  • The years go by and I get offered a variety of things, good and bad, big and small.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The day has gone by in a blur of baby snuggles and Ms. Rachel viewing on YouTube.
    — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Not when match point after match point went by the wayside.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But what happens if a couple of months go by and the team is struggling?
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Many in her fan base believe she’s found just that with Kanye West, who now goes by Ye.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Bag a table on the deck to watch tiny boats go by and Egrets drift over from the nearby Ria Formosa.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Two girls go by us in XL hoodies over baseball caps, the brims pulled down to hide their gaze.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
  • Enjoy a walk for miles along the San Diego Bay or take a seat at any of the breezy restaurants to watch the boats going by.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Weeks went by and several tests were done, but Larsen still wasn’t able to raise his arm.
    — Acsah Lemma, Sacramento Bee, 18 July 2024
  • Nearly all of that goes by rail to a disposal site in Clive, Utah.
    — Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Or, go by helicopter and get an aerial view of the many whales that frequent the area.
    — Mark Lakin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Stone and Jackson, who goes by E.J., have remained close.
    — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Sytch was a popular WWE wrestler who went by the name Sunny.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Machine Gun Kelly, who now goes by mgk, is up for two awards.
    — Jade Gomez, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • But the Starliner part of the Boeing portfolio could go by the boards.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Tennessee goes by many names, each its own patch on the great state’s Coat of Many Colors.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Now, Velez, who goes by Ramblin Ralph, is a boxing ring announcer.
    — Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2024

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