crab

Example Sentences

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In Indonesia's Lembeh Strait at night, a tiny crab clings to a drifting jellyfish.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The South Carolina crab shack fried green tomatoes with a ramekin of remoulade.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Options range from $19 wagyu oxtail patties to a $48 grilled pork chop served with crab butter, grilled mango and a jus flavored with kuchela, a Trinidadian green-mango relish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The crab has laid lurid orange eggs inside its long-dead host.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Sammy and James took the few bony fish they had caught and baited the crab traps.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt