How to Use oyster cracker in a Sentence

oyster cracker

noun
  • The dishes come with oyster crackers and hot sauce.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Folks were split over the oyster cracker addition.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The camera kept rolling until the oyster crackers had evaporated into the soup.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
  • The film showed a bowl of soup, and then a hand dumping oyster crackers into it (something of the pottage equivalent of marshmallows in hot chocolate).
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
  • As a bonus, Elsass suggests a few edible gifts for hosts, including homemade hot fudge and salty-sweet seasoned oyster crackers.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Other than the big notes of cinnamon, allspice, and cloves (three of Cincinnati chili’s main hallmarks), the ice cream also features whole oyster crackers, which add a bit of crunch to the ultra-creamy dessert and give a nod to the popular chili topping.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Skyline Chili took its signature chili flavors and oyster crackers and created a sweet-and-spicy ice cream flavor with Graeter's in January 2025.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Then there’s something called Firecrackers, an early 2000s iteration of the 1980s sensational snack—oyster crackers tossed with a packet of ranch salad dressing mix and oil.
    Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • In 1984, that oyster cracker recipe started circulating in newspapers, first in the Lincoln Star in Lincoln, Nebraska, and other papers followed suit, including the Houston Chronicle.
    Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025

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