Examples from literature

• He used to be a fisherman, and he didn’t make enough money to pay for his house, food, and clothes for his children. 
• In some places in Japan, fishermen still fish this way. 
• It became more and more popular, and fishermen had to go farther and farther out to sea to catch more tuna. 
• Once a tuna bites a fisherman’s fishing line, it can be a four- or five-hour battle between man and fish. 
• Some are killed for food, and others are killed in nets when fishermen are trying to catch other fish. 
• The traditional way to catch fish, even very big ones like tuna, is with a fishing line that the fisherman holds in his hands. 
• This monster of legends, known as the Kraken, may have been based upon sailor’s experiences with giant squid like the one found by the fishermen from New Zealand. 
• Tuna are strong enough to pull fishermen over the side of their boats and into the sea. 
• A fisherman went to catch fish with his throw net. 
• And who was Peter but a rough, hardy fisherman? 
• He sailed a yacht expertly, was a keen fisherman, hunted. 
• Rose married a young fisherman, and made a brave wife and mother. 
• The men are fishermen and the women look after the banana-plantations, crush the palm nuts for oil and do the cooking and housework.