How to Use razor clam in a Sentence

razor clam

noun
  • The harvesting of razor clams, bay clams and oysters was also shut down in parts of the coast.
    — CBS News, 10 June 2024
  • Night digging for razor clams takes a little know-how and caution; diggers must always keep an eye to the surf.
    — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Washington has also set new razor clam seasons on its ocean beaches.
    — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Beaches on the central and south Oregon Coast are closed to razor clam digging.
    — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • In a simple brine, razor clams maintained their yielding chew and mild, distinct salinity.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Clatsop County is the best place to find razor clams, while Dungeness and red rock crabs can be caught up and down the coast.
    — OregonLive.com, 11 Feb. 2018
  • These range from felony drug charges to driving without insurance to exceeding the bag limit of razor clams.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 May 2023
  • Eat lobster corn dogs, razor clam stuffies, and seafood potage for dinner Monday through Sunday.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • So, too, was tagliolini with razor clams, lamb bacon, and Calabrian chile.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Each new dish was lovely, a razor clam presented on a log covered in seaweed or a single oyster leaf in an oyster shell.
    — Kevin Wilson, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The razor clam pulls its shell up, creating a vacuum that sucks water into the space surrounding its body.
    — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2012
  • Outside of the grill, there’s a roving raw-bar cart from which diners can choose a plethora of oysters, razor clams, shrimp cocktail, caviar, and more.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Deeply delicious razor clams, which sizzle atop a little grill that’s brought to your table, are another standout new dish.
    — Andy Wang, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t miss the brie, red pepper, artichoke, and caviar montadito, or the razor clam conservas.
    — Isabelle Kliger, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Inland bears eat lots of freshwater fish, while coastal bears eat saltwater fish, seaweed, razor clams, and the occasional dead sea mammal.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024
  • Recent dinner offerings featured a tuna and eggplant crepe, razor clam with yuzu kosho and nori, rabbit with sweet corn porridge, and roasted cod with chanterelles.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Clatsop County beaches are closed to all razor clam digging until October.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The razor clams, diced into tender discs and sautéed warm with guanciale before being stuffed back into their slender shells, were an adventure bite worth ordering.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 13 July 2018
  • The special menu features Alaska razor clams with cantaloupe and caviar, rabbit with garlic walnut cream and smoked bison osso bucco.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Washington will open a five day Christmas vacation dig for razor clams, beginning Monday.
    — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2019
  • The fishery, which opens in May and can run into August, is the only commercial razor clam fishery in Alaska.
    — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2018
  • Portions of the south Oregon Coast have reopened to razor clam digging, but the honey hole on Clatsop beaches remains closed.
    — oregonlive, 8 May 2021
  • To illustrate the direct link between the ocean’s health and the tribe’s livelihood, the Quinault people have an annual summer razor clam dig to harvest clams to sell.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Then a two-person team was stationed midway down the bay—which is long and beautiful and curves back on itself at each end, like the razor clam shells scattered on the sand—with 12-gauge shotguns.
    — J.b. MacKinnon, Smithsonian, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The peninsula also has one of the Pacific Northwest’s richest razor clam grounds and great crabbing, fishing, and oystering.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The peninsula also has one of the Pacific Northwest’s richest razor clam grounds and great crabbing, fishing, and oystering.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
  • The state’s razor clam fishery alone can generate $1 million in revenue for these tribes, and the tourism associated with clamming can earn another $28 million.
    — Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Meanwhile Hadida spends hours on the phone with local sustainable farmers and east coast fishermen, coordinating cod and razor clam shipments to construct the week’s menu.
    — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 7 Nov. 2019
  • There were clams, of course, fifteen dollars a dozen, and also the thrilling option of razor clams, their long, rectangular shells housing juicy mollusks more subtle in flavor than their conventional counterparts.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Oregon beaches north of Cascade Head, including Clatsop County beaches, are open daily to razor clam digging.
    — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 16 Apr. 2018

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