They certainly did have plenty of fun, though perhaps the finny inhabitants of Paradise River may not have enjoyed the game quite as well, since it was too one-sided.
Perhaps this was because he knew just how deep the water was, where a favorite swirl had yielded him several finny prizes on the occasion of his former visit; or possibly just through "dumb luck," as he called it.
Deep in the sea The countless finny race and monster brood Tranquil repose.
Then, every void of nature to supply, With forms of gods Jove fills the vacant sky; New herds of beasts sends the plains to share; New colonies of birds to people air; And to their cozy beds the finny fish repair.
With hairy springes we the birds betray, Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey, Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair.
It exhibits, on every page, a large personal knowledge of the finny tribes in all the northern portions of our country, and well deserves the examination of those who enjoy such pursuits and pastimes.
If the claim be not too much of the nature of a truism, we may add that so far as quality is concerned the superiority of our finny tribes is even more strongly marked than in regard to quantity.
The profusion with which the finnytribes propagate their species is a peculiarity said to be imparted to those who partake freely and regularly of them for food, a supposition which would seem to be strongly supported by facts.
In the air a flock of buzzard vultures were wheeling lazily about, and a pair of ospreys hung over the lake, now and then swooping down upon their finny prey.
Nor is this all, because the proximity of the state to the ocean gives it a great advantage in profiting from the fishing industry among that class of the finny hosts who refuse to leave their salt water homes.
Through all the country far and wide, In pools and rivers incessantly diving, A Cormorant greedy his table supplied, On their finny inhabitants so daintily thriving.
At last, there came in sight Some Tench, that exercised their finny powers.
Besides all these, we encountered Killers and Thrashers, by far the most spirited and "spunky" of the finny tribes.
During the cold months, the canoe of the Indian hunter and fisherman was not permitted to traverse its dark and angry waters in quest of finny spoil, or in chase of the wild fowl.
Now the hunter cast his eyes into the depths of the river in anxious search for the signs of the approach of the finny people; now he laid his ear to the earth after the manner of his race, when they would detect the sound of footsteps.
But I'm sure I don't know what I am to say to Finny about you.
I watched her all the time Finny was speaking, and she was smiling away to herself as if some one was having a conversation with her.
Finny invited them to stay, you know, and Auntie Anna too.
I'm sure Finny wouldn't like them to go on drivelling like that.
With Finny revealing herself in this wonderful new light, and Kit sitting beside her in the comfortable firelight and sharing her plateful of stewed pears, the problem was more than she could solve for herself.
Finny has lots of ripping books in her study and she has father's book and she is very nice but the girls are beests I hate girls!
I must try my very hardest, because Finny made us all promise; but--but I do want you to win, all the same.
Wasn't it jolly of Finny to put them right in the front row of the gallery?
She carried the remaining four with her; and by the time Finny and Miss Smythe joined the Canon in front of them, five out of the six faces glowed with the fervour of martyrdom.
If onlyFinny would stop being so obliging about it, she was sure she would find it so much easier to run away.
Have these finny creatures their full revenge upon fishermankind, when a smack sinks foundered into the swallowing deep?
They not unfrequently visit our larger streams, where they make great havoc among the smaller of the finny tribe.
They seem to be about the fleetest, most active, and most vigilant of the finny tribes.
Over the sea the white ships sail, Out through the mist and the rollicking gale, While deep below the mermaids swim With their finny tails so neat and trim.
As she finished speaking they approached the door of the castle, on which she knocked with a flap of her finny tail.
Due allowance must be made for disappointments and reverses, as well as for the failure of the finny tribes to manifest themselves.
It is now no longer the peaceful bird pursuing its way leisurely over the waters, but the terror of the finny tribes.
Wishing to behold a live fish dangling at the end of his line, he has, with admirable foresight, drawn up the bucket, that in the ascent the finny prey may not kick it!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "finny" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
