crab

Example Sentences

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In Indonesia's Lembeh Strait at night, a tiny crab clings to a drifting jellyfish.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Options range from $19 wagyu oxtail patties to a $48 grilled pork chop served with crab butter, grilled mango and a jus flavored with kuchela, a Trinidadian green-mango relish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The crab has laid lurid orange eggs inside its long-dead host.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

My husband and I love the lobster, crab, shrimp and oysters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Sammy and Maybeth emptied the crab pots for supper, and they ate at the trestle table on the porch.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt