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How to use gaffed in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word gaffed? Here are some examples.

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Adams fought the fish for over half an hour before he finally reeled in and gaffed the exhausted bass.
At the boats side, those huge fins beat the water to a foam, before being gaffed aboard by the boats regular hand, Patrick.
To save time, the skipper eventually backed up to the fish, which was gaffed aboard in a flurry of foam.
Branson expertly reels in one close to 100 lb. Charlie had gaffed the smaller fish but JJ has to harpoon this one before he can safely bring it onto the boat.
He gaffed, insofar as he appeared to rule out a death tax before ruling it back in again.
Around three years ago, over 500,000 pounds was dipped or gaffed in Smith Sound because it froze, as the scientists said.
One of the fishermen got angry and just hooked the shark, gaffed it, and slammed it against the deck.
Fish may only be gaffed or netted from the boat on which the angler hooked the fish.
By the men's own description, the shark suffered horribly, struggling for hours, being gaffed again and again, until he was finally dragged on board, thrashing for air.
For example, brigantines with square topsails above the gaffed mainsail were called true brigantines, whereas those with no square sails at all on the mainmast were called hermaphrodite brigs or brig-schooners.
Low-cut jeans, some in Mylar-colored leather, were gaffed with ribbons or swagged vertically with a column of pockets that resembled a Roman shade.
Any fish were gaffed and brought aboard, the hooks rebaited, and the line paid out on the other side. The dory thus went down the whole length of the trawl.
Examples from Classical Literature
One day the little maid fell into the sea, but bucca held her up until Uncle Malachi reached his gaff, and gaffed her in.
The landing-net was useless for one of his size, and I would not have him gaffed.
Then she came up, and they hauled the painter in and gaffed me over the rail.
On the third day he gaffed another seal as it floated past on a cake of ice.
On the third day by wonderful luck he gaffed an old seal in the slob ice.
I drew him slowly to my side, and gaffed him in four feet of water.
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