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

Dinner was supposed to be crab brioche at a seafood restaurant mentioned on the BBC show “Remarkable Places to Eat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

I usually get a bunch of salads and the crab and fennel soup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Getting into the car, Olive seems like a crab that’s been caught and dropped in a pail.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt