How to Use clam in a Sentence

clam

noun
  • Bring to a gentle boil, then add the clams.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers found the gene in all the clam’s life stages.
    — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Your favorite wine snob will be happy as a clam.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Mantis shrimps can safely smash open clam shells with their claws.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The second course comes with a clam chowder or elote street corn soup.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Also, popcorn shrimp, clam strips and crab cakes.
    — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Linguine with clams never gets old.
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026
  • The researchers that day, in fact, couldn't even agree whether to call it a clam or a mussel.
    — Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Pier 39 isn’t just about clam chowder and souvenir shops.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This clam dish is rich and bright, with a peppery kick from the fresh horseradish.
    — Christian Reynoso, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • The croutons were also difficult to eat in the same bite as a meaty clam.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • The clam was found under a rock about at a depth of about 30 feet, researchers said.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The menu is a wonderland of seafood, from clams in white wine to seafood soup with shrimp clams and mussels.
    — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And then the punchlines just started to appear, like clams in the forest.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2023
  • First, there is clam pizza, with clams often freshly shucked to order on a white pie.
    — Amelia Nierenberg Joe Buglewicz, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Who would want to live inside a clamshell, in that cold, pungent fluid, next to that pink blob of a clam?
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Seafood like oysters and clams are rich in both heme and non-heme forms of dietary iron that support hair growth.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Bowls of Thai curry soup crowded with shrimp, scallops and clams.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • One pound will yield 10 to 12 clams, depending on their size.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Dinners included fish plates, fish and clam plates and shrimp dinners.
    — The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2023
  • This image is a 3D CT scan of a clam and a whelk, both alive.
    — Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2013
  • The ice under the clams and oysters was melting at a concerning pace.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But sure enough, a yellowish-brown clam about 2 centimeters long rests in the palm of her hand.
    — AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The clam, esteemed by gourmets highly Is said to live the life of Riley.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Kelsey passes around a bowl of clam shells with questions written on them as Liz gnaws on a corn on the cob.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 June 2026
  • The Knights of Columbus have slayed the clam chowder-making recipe.
    — cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • As for food, my kids still talk about the clam chowder at The Tipsy Trout.
    — Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Even five years ago, clams accounted for about half of Kawai’s annual catch.
    — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There's nothing the couple loves more than pulling off the road to enjoy a local diner or small clam shack.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The same holds true for American chowders, whether corn or clam, and chicken soup.
    — Aleksandra Crapanzano, Bon Appétit, 5 Oct. 2022

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