How do you use Clams in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like scratch or pelf, plus the exact meaning.
Clams meaning
plural of clam
Synonyms of Clams
Using Clams
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of clam
- Useful related words include: boodle, scratch, pelf, moolah.
- In the example corpus, clams often appears in combinations such as: clams and, the clams, razor clams.
Context around Clams
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clams
- In this selection, "clams" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, razor, manila, asian, cover, open and mussels stand out and add context to how "clams" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 7 25 clams specifically were and add the clams cover and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clams" sits close to words such as ammonium, asher and attaches, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clams
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Keep an eye on the clams and mussels. (8 words)
A full catch of 15 clams doesn’t weigh much. (10 words)
The £7.25 clams, specifically, were just "waiting to be sucked off the shell", he said. (16 words)
Recently, she was papped shooting a new Jack Thorne drama for Netflix, but when I mention it, she uncharacteristically clams up: she can’t talk about it yet, in solidarity with the ongoing actors’ strikes in the US. (38 words)
Leigh fisherman Paul Gilson has hailed the discovery of rare razor clams and manila clams as “biblical” and restaurant bosses have already been blown away by their taste and potential. (30 words)
When the Guardian visited the Dorset town this week, Greenslade was doing brisk business selling locally caught cockles, clams, sole, plaice, bass and lobsters to local people and tourists. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Add the clams, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring halfway through or until the clams open.
In a few minutes, I found three smaller clams and then an hour later, I still had only three clams.
Leigh fisherman Paul Gilson has hailed the discovery of rare razor clams and manila clams as “biblical” and restaurant bosses have already been blown away by their taste and potential.
The estuary already has a long list of non-native species, including bass, water hyacinth, Asian clams and overbite clams.
Many edible clams are roughly oval-shaped or triangular; however, razor clams have an elongated parallel-sided shell, suggesting an old-fashioned straight razor.
New England Clam chowder is made in a diverse variety of styles. citation Clam chowder may be prepared with fresh, steamed clams or canned clams.
Keep an eye on the clams and mussels.
Players can farm Fish Bait in Animal Crossing: New Horizons by digging up moving sand on the beach to get Manila Clams.
Recently, she was papped shooting a new Jack Thorne drama for Netflix, but when I mention it, she uncharacteristically clams up: she can’t talk about it yet, in solidarity with the ongoing actors’ strikes in the US.
Reports on SM of significant amounts of razor clams, mussels, bivalves, urchins, seaweed and flatfish, crabs and starfish washed up.
Someone commented that they wanted to try adding clams to this, and that would actually be so delicious.
Step-by-step photos demonstrate how to fillet and skin fish, how to shuck oysters and clams, clean shrimp and split lobster.
The £7.25 clams, specifically, were just "waiting to be sucked off the shell", he said.
The Asian clams filter water “to bring in algae, they concentrate it, they use about 10 percent of it, and they excrete the rest.
The Clams have yet to notch a win this year but have been competitive in most games.
Three boats – the Boy Sam, Lily Oak VI and Chloe Ella – landed 138 boxes of fish/prawns/squid and no bags of clams.
When the Guardian visited the Dorset town this week, Greenslade was doing brisk business selling locally caught cockles, clams, sole, plaice, bass and lobsters to local people and tourists.
A full catch of 15 clams doesn’t weigh much.
Although the cheap clams and beer were before my time I always enjoyed listening to people share about their adventures at Spilka’s.
And once she removes the trash and gets to the muddy ground where the clams live, there are many fewer than there used to be.
Common combinations with clams
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- clams and 24×
- the clams 17×
- razor clams 8×
- clams are 8×
- and clams 8×
- clams in 8×
- clams have 6×
- manila clams 5×
- clams or 5×
- clams mussels 5×