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

She said they eat a mixture of food such as clams and mussels and crustaceans, so there would plenty of food around the Scottish coast.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The clams can be added with their shells.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Ishmael had come up the beach deliberately, and squatted beside Hatsue while she raked clams free and dropped them into a bucket.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson