How to Use crab in a Sentence

crab

1 of 2 noun
  • That's when the crabs are out there.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • Shiny green crabs and tiny pink shrimp.
    — Ryan Kellman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Toast baguette slices and serve with the crab cakes.
    — Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 24 June 2026
  • What are the crabs going to do?
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Just a lot of crabs in the barrel.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • As for when to slot in crab walking?
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Order the crab cake or shrimp and grits.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
  • Serve along the crab cakes for dipping.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Rods and crab traps are available for rental.
    — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Drain crab meat and place in a large mixing bowl.
    — Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Fresh crab meat is the key to this decadent recipe.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Add the crab cakes and cook 4 minutes.
    — Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 24 June 2026
  • It's made of rock, but it's got crab-like motions.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • All along the creek on both (sides) the crabs were moving.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • Serve crab cakes with lemon wedges and more parsley and dill.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The crabs, by the way, were real (though not alive).
    — EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The tasty, soft-shell crab bao buns will tide you over nicely.
    — Ann Marie McQueen, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Scoop about ⅓ cup of the mix into the hot pan for each crab cake.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The right way to make Maryland crab cakes?
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The crab leads with its heart, like Princess Peach.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
  • In other parts of the state, hoop nets and crab snares may be used.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Start with the blue crab beignets, which are served with malt vinegar aioli.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Bring back the crabs and the raccoon and the humor.
    — Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The crabs go about their day to day existence.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Warm water may push adult crabs deeper as well.
    — Bill Kearney, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Gently fold in blue crabmeat; do not break up chunks of crab.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The crab cakes here are made with crab meat flown in from Maryland.
    — Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Spoon about ½ cup crab mixture into each taco shell, and serve.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Once night falls, keep your eyes peeled for illusive ghost crabs.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • Also, popcorn shrimp, clam strips and crab cakes.
    — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Feb. 2026

crab

2 of 2 verb
  • Guests can fish or crab off the hotel's docks or have a picnic on the lawn.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The allure of the shrimping and crabbing life was too strong.
    — Amy Qin Callaghan O’Hare, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Spend a day out on the water with a boat and gear rentals for crabbing or clamming.
    — Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Or, try fishing or crabbing the nearby scenic tideland creek.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
  • He’s also thought about trying to get a job on a crabbing boat in Norway.
    — Michael Holtz, New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The guests requested surf and turf, so Jono switches the menu from lobster to crab.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 3 June 2024
  • Now 43, Clark began crabbing only five and a half years ago.
    — Latria Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
  • One of my goals for 2024 was to do more fishing, crabbing and clamming.
    — Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The data can be interesting, even if the look is unripe and sometimes crabbed.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • Anyone can crab, dig clams or fish for any legal species without a license or tag or endorsement on those two days.
    — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The Broncos chose to be strategic, their offseason a laser, not a crabbing net.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Restaurant owners are facing rising prices on everything from beef to chicken wings to crab.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 20 July 2021
  • New vehicle technology has advanced to the point where vehicles can crab walk, turn like tanks and more.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Some states have crabbing seasons during warmer months instead of winter when crabs are more dormant and inactive.
    — Coastal Living, Southern Living, 4 June 2024
  • One is immediately forced to crab-walk downhill, and nearly slips into the canyon below.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • There’s also the option to embark on a river safari, or go fishing and crabbing along the tidal creeks with local anglers.
    — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
  • Capuchin monkeys patrolled the canopy, which climbed as high as 130 feet, and crabs the color of traffic cones scuttled over roots.
    — Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Dishes like northern-style laap sausage; pollock in a sour curry; or glass noodles baked with pork belly and crab in a clay pot are excellent and full-throated spicy.
    — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Their boils also come in varieties that include other seafood alongside crawfish, so the rare crawfish hater in the family can have shrimp or crab instead.
    — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Members gather on local piers to learn crabbing techniques, understand regulations and try their luck at bringing home fresh seafood.
    — Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • Corpus Christi lessons Joey Palermo also lives along the shore and does his share of fishing, crabbing and shrimping.
    — Rebekah F. Ward, Houston Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
  • At the nine locations across Ecuador and the new spot in the Gables, that cuisine focuses on seafood, particularly crab.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
  • Today, however, most of the oyster boats in Pass Christian’s harbor have been sold or re-fitted for crabbing or shrimping.
    — Anita Lee, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Visitors enjoy crabbing, hunting for seashells, fishing, swimming, sunbathing, and bird watching.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 17 June 2025
  • Foodies can walk into a seafood paradise at the Great Inland Seafood Fest to try all the lobster, shrimp and crab their hearts desire.
    — Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The team’s boat, aptly named the Princess, spends its winters commercial crabbing out of Noyo Harbor and brings its delicious finds to land.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Anyone, residents and non-residents, can fish, dig clams or go crabbing without a license or tag that Saturday and Sunday.
    — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Go crabbing, clamming, hiking, or mushroom foraging with a guide, head out for a fat-tire bike ride, or enjoy a beach bonfire, already set up for you, for the coziest way to end a day on the coast.
    — Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Fewer people are working in the industry each year, said Duarte, and crabbing is a difficult industry with a short season, and costly upkeep for boats and traps.
    — Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Supply chains globally are realigning after the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, which choked supplies of everything from cars to crab meat.
    — Stefania Spezzati, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2021

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