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    Use "clam" in a sentence

    clam example sentences

    clam


    clammed


    clamming


    clams


    1. The one that had grown over the rock, swallowing it like a giant clam


    2. The waitress arrived with Langdon"s clam chowder and beers


    3. express his emotions and has the personality of a clam


    4. “Anyway, my life is finally on track and I'm happy as a clam


    5. He didn't need to explain where he now lived and what he was up to—nor pretend he wasn't broken up over Karen, and happy as a clam with having rid himself of the old ball and chain


    6. Another water-related activity was clam digging


    7. We would go clam digging at a particular low tide and fill a bucket in no time


    8. It is the Tuatua clam


    9. If one thinks about the traditional clam digging, forget it


    10. The man walked away happy as a clam

    11. he opened his mouth Mrs Tennant would clam up completely


    12. fellow seems happy as a clam, but the young lad is


    13. Patience, clam, prayer/meditation, trusting in others; these are the needs of mankind that should be focused on


    14. The night before the trip, after nailing up the boxes and putting his clothing into the same suitcase that he had brought when he first came, he narrowed his clam eyes, pointed with a kind of impudent benediction at the stacks of books with which he had endured during his exile, and said to his friends:-


    15. I love raspberries, blackberries, cherries and blueberries, but I’ll pass on the linguine with purple clam sauce hi yo Pectate – what the sidekick of the late Johnny Carson uses when things are moving too fast


    16. They could clam up and shut down economically


    17. Dale was sitting at his round oak kitchen table, eating a bowl of Manhattan-style clam chowder soup for lunch when his cell phone rang


    18. ” She said, trying to remain clam


    19. It is no fun biting into a clam and chewing on sand


    20. homemade clam chowder in her hands

    21. donated, Shay has been happy as a clam with the


    22. On several occasions, one or the other had started to say something, only to clam up and continue eating in silence


    23. a large clam that could have been one of the giant clams that are found on


    24. It was smooth, and shaped like a giant clam, or football


    25. together in order to open a clam


    26. The days when Johnny struck it rich, it was Caesar left stranded upon the back foot – to share in the profits and to clam up and double his efforts, and vice versa when fortune turned the wheel


    27. The Potter's Angelfish is not considered reef tank safe because it may nip at stony corals, clam


    28. “But at least she didn’t clam up on me


    29. All of these clam species


    30. A often debated topic is whether or not to feed the Maxima clam

    31. The Maxima Clam is long lived and needs stable saltwater or reef tank like conditions to thrive


    32. the clam), place the bottle over the clam and while holding the bottle in place with one hand,


    33. administer the food to the clam with the other hand


    34. ” Duval cut the little man off as easily as one might separate an over boiled clam


    35. And clam chowdah,” he replied


    36. Now I know what a clam feels like,” he said


    37. When it comes to the clam flats, I am the law around here, more than those sheriff’s deputies who’d take an hour-and-a-half to get here if you called and said the library was being robbed


    38. “I think the FBI sort of outranks the Brooklin clam warden, dee-yah,” the first woman said, guessing, correctly, that the story of the librarian-slash-clam warden’s encounter with the FBI would be told and retold throughout the winter


    39. Now, add clams with juice too -- now, add the parsley -- cook clam mixture, stirring frequently, until heated through -- 6 minute should do -- don't boil!!


    40. In the middle of the lounge, a jet of water, electrically lit, fell back into a basin made from a single giant clam

    41. It was an oyster of extraordinary dimensions, a titanic giant clam, a holy–water font that could have held a whole lake, a basin more than two meters wide, hence even bigger than the one adorning the Nautilus's lounge


    42. I estimated the weight of this giant clam at 300 kilograms


    43. Captain Nemo had an explicit personal interest in checking on the current condition of this giant clam


    44. He can’t be surprised that I’d clam up


    45. Months later, she said, “Jack, you’re like a clam


    46. Rick was leaning over a bowl of clam chowder, shoveling it in


    47. The lay brothers bustled about, whipping off the covers to reveal two more loaves of bread which had been hollowed out to contain generous servings of clam chowder, rich with fresh cream, potatoes, and corn and dusted with grated cheese


    48. The razor clam is a friendly acquaintance that enriches the pork with umami the same way it has been done with shellfish, fish, and pork for thousands of years


    49. Did the manager disclose more information to shareholders, or did the manager clam up?


    50. I drank clam juice and ate the sharp crab cocktails at stands along the waterfront









    1. Every time he came near they all clammed up and looked at him expectantly, as if they were waiting for him to pass by so that they could continue


    2. My father, he just clammed up


    3. So often he had found that individuals with information regarded the police or detectives as the enemy and regularly clammed up in the face of making a statement in person


    4. However, everyone had clammed up


    5. “You won’t give me anything and the normal channels of police information clammed up long ago


    6. At this point Harvey just clammed up


    7. He never talked about them and when I brought up the subject he clammed up and was visibly irritated


    8. In fact, when Landry pressed him on it he clammed up, wouldn’t say another word about it and swore him to secrecy


    1. “Nothing, Captain! They either are not listening, which would be very surprising, or they are clamming up


    2. Up to now they are clamming up and not saying a single word, which gets me to this question, General: do we treat those bozos as genuine prisoners of war or like terrorists?”


    3. “I have relatives that live in Louisiana and they do all their clamming in the mud by the river


    1. The tender meat of clams and fantasy, and brown, brown eyes


    2. ~ con almejas rice with clams


    3. ~ con almejas broiled salmon fillets with clams, mushrooms & white wine


    4. An exquisite variety awaited them: shrimp, scallops, oysters-on-the-half-shell, clams, chowder and bisque and jambalaya, lobster thermadore, flounder


    5. The other two tins contained seawater and kelp, in addition to some large clams and


    6. “My father broke out in welts the first time he ate clams,” Noah said


    7. There are algae, debris, clams and coral slowly floating in the air


    8. There were several beaches where there were oodles of little neck and butter clams


    9. possibility that the clams would harbor a toxin from the red tide, especially in the summer


    10. So by eating the clams we knew that we were taking a chance, but the clams were tasty

    11. She loved raw clams and when we had a bucketful we would make sure the cat stayed in the house and feed her a few clams


    12. imaginary as apparently in 1799 there was an incident where Alexander Baranov, who was the manager of the influential Russian American Company, lost 100 or more Aleut warriors when they ate clams or mussels from a beach which was later called Poison Cove


    13. The story goes that they collected the clams or mussels in Poison Cove and ate them on a beach across from there which is now called Death Man’s Reach


    14. At incoming tide one wades into knee-deep water and feels the clams with one’s feet in the sand or gravel and then picks them up


    15. Ceder gasped—it was bigger than the boat, barrel-chested, and had a long beard of crusty shellfish and clams that clattered like symbols when the river kraken hit the water again at full speed


    16. The entire room was done in motifs of sea shells, the bed was shaped like a conch shell and the chairs like clams


    17. Most marriages start out very loving and both partners are happy as clams


    18. Other Clams use unresponsiveness as a form of calculated aggression


    19. Without saying a word he handed them, along with the little gold fish, to the wise Catalonian and the latter examined them, his eyelids contracting like two clams


    20. shareholders forfeit their clams on assets

    21. 24 littleneck clams, scrubbed and chipped (instructions follow)


    22. Chipping clams gets them to expel sand that is in their shell


    23. Place the live clams in a large bowl and cover with water


    24. The clams think they are being fed and end up purging any sand that was in their shell


    25. Carefully lift the clams out of the water so the sand stays at the bottom of the bowl


    26. Add tomato sauce, white wine, clams and cover


    27. Cook until clams are open, about 8 minutes


    28. On the terraces below, giant clams nestled between huge brain corals


    29. a large clam that could have been one of the giant clams that are found on


    30. There were more large clams here and there out into the distance

    31. “Wait a second, did you say you were searching for clams? On the rim of a crater?” Cassidy asked


    32. Clams don’t live that high up


    33. “They are crater clams, they do live that high up,” Matt replied


    34. The difference is clams are


    35. The primary element needed for clams, corals and some algae, Calcium (Ca) is needed for these


    36. difficult to keep this level up in an aquarium with calcium consuming corals, clams and algae


    37. Diet / Fish Food : Fresh seafood from the local grocery store in the form of shrimp and clams cut


    38. Reef Tank Compatible? : Use caution if you have clams since it has been reported that they may


    39. some had to remove them because they were picking at the corals or clams


    40. Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, clams on the half shell, etc

    41. have reported success using fresh clams on the half shell placed in the bottom of the tank to


    42. They have no regard for your prized clams or


    43. Reef Tank Compatible? : Not necessarily, see above and use caution if you have clams since it


    44. Is it reef safe? It may be considered reef safe and shouldn't pick at corals, clams or any other


    45. Reef Tank Compatible? : They could be considered reef safe and should not bother corals, clams


    46. They are reef tank safe and generally show no interest in corals, clams or other invertebrates


    47. clams on the half shell, thawed mysis, brine, etc


    48. Use caution when keeping them with invertebrates such as shrimps, hermit crabs and clams


    49. not widely documented that they will attack clams but, as always, be prepared to remove them


    50. The Six Line Wrasse should leave your corals, clams, and most other invertebrates




























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    Synonyms for "clam"

    clam buck dollar dollar bill one dollar bill

    "clam" definitions

    burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness


    a piece of paper money worth one dollar


    flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams


    gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean