clams

Example Sentences

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One night he treated friends to shrimp, clams, fried potatoes and ouzo on the waterfront, upsetting elderly, likely famished, passersby.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

A taste of New England in West Hollywood, it quickly became known for fried clams and chowders harkening to Cimarusti’s Rhode Island childhood and plump lobster rolls filled with never-frozen lobster.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

The clams can be added with their shells.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

They looked specifically at animals 0.3mm – 2cm in size, such as worms, sea spiders, snails and clams.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

They dug clams until the water covered the flats—actually as Lizzie pointed out, Turner mostly watched her dig clams until the water covered the flats.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt