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How do you use Clamming in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Clamming in a sentence

Related words

Clamming | Clammed

Clamming meaning

present participle and gerund of clam

Using Clamming

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of clam
  • In the example corpus, clamming often appears in combinations such as: clamming up, clamming is.

Context around Clamming

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

recreational 1× razor 1×

Often after:

running 1×

Sentence patterns with Clamming

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and go clamming along the 1× clamming is done 1× in recreational clamming running one 1× razor clamming is now 1× s before clamming up saying 1× wound up clamming up and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a genetic counselor 1× because my grandfather 1× clamming is done 1× he wound up 1× in recreational clamming 1× razor clamming is 1×

Common sentence endings:

along the shore 1× as it gets 1× divulged too much 1× he was pardoned 1× to cape arago 1×

Words around Clamming

Just before it in the word index:

clammed 3 clamme 2 clamen 2 clambers 5 clambering 26 clambered 16

Just after it in the word index:

clammy 18 clamor 38 clamored 21 clamoring 100 clamorous 8 clamour 59

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Clamming

  • In this selection, "clamming" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, recreational, razor and running stand out and add context to how "clamming" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and go clamming along the and clamming is done. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clamming" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clamming

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He wound up clamming up, and lo and behold, he was pardoned. (12 words)

Clamming is done both commercially and recreationally along the Northeast coastline of the US. (14 words)

In recreational clamming, running one’s rake into a whole mess of quahogs is as fun as it gets. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

A genetic counselor let slip that when she was in New York, a doctor would perform a single fetal termination in cases like Miller’s before clamming up, saying she had divulged too much. (34 words)

Razor clamming is now open from the Columbia River to Cape Perpetua (Lincoln County) and from the south jetty of the Umpqua River (Lane County) to Cape Arago. (28 words)

Because my grandfather was a fisherman, I loved joining him to pull up his lobster traps and go clamming along the shore. (22 words)

Example sentences (6)

A genetic counselor let slip that when she was in New York, a doctor would perform a single fetal termination in cases like Miller’s before clamming up, saying she had divulged too much.

He wound up clamming up, and lo and behold, he was pardoned.

In recreational clamming, running one’s rake into a whole mess of quahogs is as fun as it gets.

Because my grandfather was a fisherman, I loved joining him to pull up his lobster traps and go clamming along the shore.

Razor clamming is now open from the Columbia River to Cape Perpetua (Lincoln County) and from the south jetty of the Umpqua River (Lane County) to Cape Arago.

Clamming is done both commercially and recreationally along the Northeast coastline of the US.

Common combinations with clamming

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • clamming up 2×
  • clamming is 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clamming" in a sentence?
An example: "A genetic counselor let slip that when she was in New York, a doctor would perform a single fetal termination in cases like Miller’s before clamming up, saying she had divulged too much." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "clamming" from authentic English texts.
What does "clamming" mean?
Clamming means: present participle and gerund of clam
How many example sentences with "clamming" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "clamming", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.