How to Use blue crab in a Sentence

blue crab

noun
  • Ooh, what does barbecued blue crab taste like?
    — William Earl, Variety, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Soft-shell crabs are blue crabs that have shed their hard shells in order to grow new ones.
    — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Crab is expensive, and king crab costs more than snow crab or blue crab.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2022
  • Some of these creatures are oysters, shrimp, fish, and blue crabs.
    — Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The dish is a blue crab backed inside bread dough with its claws jutting out the top.
    — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2019
  • Their version melds lumps of buttery blue crab meat with heavy cream, sriracha and cream cheese.
    — Pervaiz Shallwani, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Eat them straight away with lemons and cold beer, or check out our favorite recipes for blue crab meat right here.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 7 Sep. 2023
  • There are still some small gaps in the blue crab genome, but future research could fill in the holes.
    — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2021
  • And it can be topped with blue crab, wild mushrooms or lamb with pickled apricots.
    — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 4 May 2018
  • Crabs that burrow or swim, such as blue crabs, might have flattened, oar-like pairs of hind legs.
    — National Geographic, 24 Apr. 2019
  • The brown butter blue crab ravioli is a tough act to follow, too.
    — Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Aside from crawfish, another must-try dish is their salt and pepper blue crab.
    — Anna Mazurek, Chron, 25 Mar. 2022
  • It's loaded with blue crab, shrimp, clams, mussels, calamari and chorizo.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Blue Crab Cooked blue crab is another zinc-rich option.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The same flavorings can be had on Texas blue crab, jumbo shrimp or snow crab leg clusters.
    — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Dungeness crab are much bigger than East coast crabs such as Maryland's blue crabs.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Dinner is blue crabs, cornbread, corn on the cob, red potatoes and Kielbasa.
    — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2018
  • Marinas, boats, stacks of crab pots, woodcuts of blue crabs on mailboxes and front porches.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 7 May 2018
  • At the field station, Rutgers studies varies species of fish and blue crabs, and habitats.
    — Tribune News Service, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
  • Every summer, people flock to Maryland to eat blue crabs.
    — Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The fried pieces of dough are stuffed full with delicate blue crab that just need a kiss of lemon and a dab of the aioli for the perfect bite.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Gumbo deserves top billing, served in a paper cup packed with shrimp, sausage and rice in a strong roux with blue crab for a garnish.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • But until this year, the genetic road map of the blue crab remained largely a mystery.
    — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Fishermen gather on the free town pier to try to catch dinner, while others chase blue crabs in the shallow surf.
    — Erica Jackson Curran, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The prices range from $18 for a jar of roe to $25 for generous portions of blue crab and abalone.
    — Steph Cha, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Go here for solid Chesapeake seafood, like Maryland blue crab and lobster.
    — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • To start, try the crab stack that’s served with a medley of fresh mango, avocado, and topped with colossal blue crab.
    — Ruth's Chris Steak House, Bon Appetit, 14 May 2018
  • Last year, a scarcity of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, in historic low numbers, spiked prices.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023
  • In restaurants and at home, diners pile steamed and seasoned blue crabs in the middle of a table covered in paper.
    — Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In Italy, no amoré for blue crabs Summer may be waning, but there’s still plenty of time left for one more crab feast.
    — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'blue crab.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: