How to Use crawfish in a Sentence

crawfish

noun
  • Part of the gym roof peeled away like the shell of a crawfish.
    — New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Some cook the crawfish, then season.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The dish is finished with a crawfish and a splash of creole sauce.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2022
  • No better place to be than a free crawfish boil with live music.
    — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 18 Mar. 2026
  • At least one full-fledged crawfish boil was conducted along the route.
    — al, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Blackened fish is served over grit cakes with crawfish and pepper cream sauce.
    — Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Once those fields are drained come spring, the crawfish are fully mature and meaty.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Treat dad to some steamy plates of crab, lobster, crawfish, and veggies.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2022
  • But try to sample at least one crawfish plain to taste the mild, almost sweet meat on its own.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Davis set up his food truck here over the spring to sell crawfish and was impressed by the response.
    — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Peak crawfish season is March to May.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Cordúa treats Flay to a soft-shell crawfish taco and a quail Wellington.
    — Therese Odell, Chron, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The shrimp and crab plate is a crowd favorite and the truck serves crawfish during the season.
    — Courtney Wilson, Chron, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Xiao long bao dumplings are available in a seafood version with shrimp, crawfish and pork.
    — Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • There’s also the seafood carbonara with shrimp, jumbo lump crab and crawfish tails.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Such places harbor bass forage, like minnows and crawfish, and those are the best places to fish.
    — Popular Science, 1 June 2020
  • The restaurant serves steamy plates of crab, lobster, crawfish and veggies.
    — Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Go look at 40 crawfish dishes and start thinking.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • The menu includes crabs, crawfish, green mussels, clams, lobster and shrimp.
    — Ava Garcia, azcentral, 30 July 2019
  • This is also thanks to the fact that crawfish are often purged before cooking.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • After a certain time, the bar will offer crawfish by the pound only.
    — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Other fresh seafood such as shrimp, scallops, crawfish, and squid should last three to six months in the freezer.
    — Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2022
  • So Fish City had plenty of crawfish, even at fire-sale prices of $5 a pound.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 19 Mar. 2020
  • After trapping the crawfish for a while, the children tipped them back into the stream.
    — Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Try the crawfish and alligator mac and cheese.
    — Ally Jaksen, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Fat Tuesday has just passed, but the craving for crawfish is still going strong.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The crawfish is cooked with corn maque choux, oven roasted with onions, species, peppers, spices and heavy cream butter.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The menu boasts much more than crawfish and noodles, but not surprisingly, those are not to be missed.
    — Megha McSwain, Chron, 13 July 2022
  • And a whole lobster showed up with barnacles on its body and the taste of creek water, like an overblown crawfish.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The crawfish build muddy, bulbous mounds to protect themselves and their young.
    — Sasha Weiss Sasha Weiss Photographs By Justin French Nick Haramis Photographs By Lise Sarfati Styled By Suzanne Koller Adam Bradley Photographs By D’angelo Lovell Williams Styled By Ian Bradley Susan Dominus Photographs By Luis Alberto Rodriguez Styled By Charlotte Collet, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022

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