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Example sentences for "clams"

Lexicographically close words:
clamours; clamp; clamped; clamping; clamps; clamshell; clan; clandestine; clandestinely; clane
  1. Shrimps, prawns, or lobster may be used instead of clams or oysters.

  2. Boil half a peck of clams fifteen minutes; then take them from the shells, clean and wash them.

  3. Clams may be used as steamed clams, if desired.

  4. Clams are my best chance," he reasoned, and, turning, he groped his way to the water.

  5. They sat opposite each other, the clams between them.

  6. They dug the tiny clams from the shells, and ate for a few minutes in silence, then she said: "I can't go any more of them.

  7. Wash three large clams very thoroughly, using a brush for the purpose.

  8. Cut the clams or oysters into pieces and heat for a few minutes in their juice.

  9. The place where Mrs. Smalley's fish man unplants the clams she makes the chowder of.

  10. Just as likely as not I've made the bucket of clams fast to that rope out yonder and hove it overboard, and pretty soon you'll see me tryin' to make chowder out of the anchor.

  11. The clams were dumped on deck, afterward to be washed and sorted.

  12. I'm going to dig clams and catch crabs, and we'll have a clambake on shore, Sue.

  13. The storm grew worse instead of less, but Captain Ross was a good seaman, and in about an hour he brought the Fairy into a sheltered harbor known as Clam Cove, because of the number of clams that were dug there.

  14. That evening Mrs. Slater and her son Harry were guests of the Browns at supper, at which was served the chowder made from the clams dug by the children that afternoon.

  15. Clams don't grab hold of you like crabs," declared Bunny.

  16. Uncle Tad and Bunker Blue were also delighted to go, and Bunny wanted to take his shovel and dig for soft clams and have a clambake on the beach.

  17. Down under the surface the clams are found.

  18. She handed Bunny the basket of soft clams which the two boys had dug, and Bunny set it on top of the pile of dirt that had been piled up as he and Harry dug holes to get at the shellfish.

  19. They get hard clams away out in the cove," explained Bunny.

  20. The clam boats were of two kinds, large rowing craft in which one or two men went out and with a long-handled rake pulled clams up from the bottom of the cove.

  21. When the tide covered the low flats at one part of Christmas Tree Cove the soft clams could not be found.

  22. But soft clams grow over there where the tide is out.

  23. And in the mor-rin', whin I was that full of clams that I needed a shell instead of a weskit, I walked on the beach with the admirin' crowds of summer tourists and lovely women.

  24. They thought I was crazy whin I returned to the hotel with a hundred pounds of clams dripping down me back.

  25. Young Carson is one of me gang and makes a dollar and four bits a week deliverin' clams to the summer folks.

  26. Clams were there in plenty and in a short time they dug up all they desired.

  27. Just start up a little fire while the rest of us open up some clams and oysters for dinner.

  28. The mother was digging up clams with her toes, And was dressed very poorly in very few clothes.

  29. Matáun lang ang imbaw, You can find clams by just looking at the water.

  30. Magmáta na gáning mga imbaw sayun ra pagtultul, When the clams are active it is easy to locate them.

  31. Nanúway mi sa katunggan, We gathered clams in the mangrove swamps.

  32. Mukyúum ang imbaw ug matugaw, Clams shut tight when they are disturbed.

  33. He only repeated, "I guess those clams will keep till fall.

  34. The elder Dryfoos said, with his chin on the top of his stick, "I reckon those Little Neck clams will keep.

  35. Many cases of severe and extensive sickness have been traced to the use of clams and oysters.

  36. Clams are not so restless if eaten without the brisket, which is said to lie hard on the stomach.

  37. Boil fifteen minutes and strain into a saucepan; add the chopped clams and a pint of clam-juice or hot water; simmer slowly two hours; strain and rub the pulp through a sieve into the liquid.

  38. Clean the shells well, and put two soft clams on each half shell; add to each a dash of white pepper, and half a teaspoonful of minced celery.

  39. Longer boiling will make the clams almost indigestible.

  40. Purchase a dozen large soft clams in the shell and three dozen opened clams.

  41. Clams are in season and may be eaten throughout the year.

  42. The odor of dead or decomposed oysters and clams is pungent and disagreeable.

  43. These clams have a cylindrical part of about a foot long, in which is cut a winding groove a b, whose use is to turn the wire in the act of drawing; for which purpose also the swivel e f is provided.

  44. On the other hand, when a star-fish happens to be born where he can find plenty of barnacles or small clams or mussels, he doesn’t do much but eat, and grows to match.

  45. Arrange the clams and crumbs in alternate layers in a baking-dish, seasoning with pepper and dots of butter, and having crumbs and butter on top.

  46. CREAM OF CLAMS Prepare according to directions given above, using two cupfuls of minced clams with their liquor instead of the celery.

  47. Add a small can of minced clams with their liquor, or twenty-five clams, chopped very fine.

  48. When they cook through, add the clams and one-half cupful of the juice.

  49. To one pint of clams allow one cupful of clam-juice, one cupful of milk, and two cupfuls of crumbs.

  50. For safe, cool keeping she put her basket of clams on the grass, under a great tree.

  51. They crunched and ate until all the clams were gone.

  52. Shell Mound Park, the people call it, And they gather in the shadows Of the ancient oaks for pleasure, Roasting clams as in the old days When the Tamals lived upon it.

  53. O, I tell you, sis, you never tasted of anything so good in your life as clams roasted on a fireboard!

  54. Aunt Phebe don't carry her good dishes, they get broken so,--and shocked out the clams for her in a saucer.

  55. Isn't it funny that clams live in the mud?

  56. Then he spread his clams on the fireboard to roast.

  57. Uncle Jacob struck his clam-digger in everywhere where he saw holes in the mud; and as fast as he uncovered the clams we picked them up, and soon got the bucket full.

  58. The clams were passed round, piping hot, in box covers, and tin-pail covers, and some had to have shingles.

  59. It is not to clean it, for much of it is already clean; not to soften it, for clams are soft enough as they are, and his jaws are powerful enough to crush the hardest shells, yet he souses them just the same before eating.


  60. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clams" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.