How to Use clam in a Sentence

clam

1 of 2 noun

• Bring to a gentle boil, then add the clams.
  — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
• The researchers found the gene in all the clam’s life stages.
  — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 1 Dec. 2022
• Your favorite wine snob will be happy as a clam.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
• Mantis shrimps can safely smash open clam shells with their claws.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
• The second course comes with a clam chowder or elote street corn soup.
  — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
• Also, popcorn shrimp, clam strips and crab cakes.
  — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Feb. 2026
• Linguine with clams never gets old.
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026
• The researchers that day, in fact, couldn't even agree whether to call it a clam or a mussel.
  — Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• Pier 39 isn’t just about clam chowder and souvenir shops.
  — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• This clam dish is rich and bright, with a peppery kick from the fresh horseradish.
  — Christian Reynoso, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2021
• The croutons were also difficult to eat in the same bite as a meaty clam.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
• The clam was found under a rock about at a depth of about 30 feet, researchers said.
  — Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
• The menu is a wonderland of seafood, from clams in white wine to seafood soup with shrimp clams and mussels.
  — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• And then the punchlines just started to appear, like clams in the forest.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2023
• First, there is clam pizza, with clams often freshly shucked to order on a white pie.
  — Amelia Nierenberg Joe Buglewicz, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• Who would want to live inside a clamshell, in that cold, pungent fluid, next to that pink blob of a clam?
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
• Seafood like oysters and clams are rich in both heme and non-heme forms of dietary iron that support hair growth.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
• Bowls of Thai curry soup crowded with shrimp, scallops and clams.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
• One pound will yield 10 to 12 clams, depending on their size.
  — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
• Dinners included fish plates, fish and clam plates and shrimp dinners.
  — The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2023
• This image is a 3D CT scan of a clam and a whelk, both alive.
  — Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2013
• The ice under the clams and oysters was melting at a concerning pace.
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• But sure enough, a yellowish-brown clam about 2 centimeters long rests in the palm of her hand.
  — AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• The clam, esteemed by gourmets highly Is said to live the life of Riley.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
• Kelsey passes around a bowl of clam shells with questions written on them as Liz gnaws on a corn on the cob.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 June 2026
• The Knights of Columbus have slayed the clam chowder-making recipe.
  — cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
• As for food, my kids still talk about the clam chowder at The Tipsy Trout.
  — Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 6 Dec. 2025
• Even five years ago, clams accounted for about half of Kawai’s annual catch.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• There's nothing the couple loves more than pulling off the road to enjoy a local diner or small clam shack.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
• The same holds true for American chowders, whether corn or clam, and chicken soup.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, Bon Appétit, 5 Oct. 2022

clam

2 of 2 verb

• Swim in your pool and go clamming.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 9 Dec. 2025
• Visitors can also watch the dolphins plying the waves, or spend long summer days fishing or clamming.
  — Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
• Soup Costco food courts in Taiwan offer members clam chowder.
  — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025
• With buckets and shovels amid a seemingly endless sprawl of mud, clamming can be a dream opportunity for kids who like to get their hands dirty.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
• Others, including Cannon’s father, gave the state’s proposal to start clamming a chance.
  — Denise Hruby, Sun Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2024
• Those who didn’t clam, like his mother and grandmother, take on cooking duties — stir-frying the catch in oyster sauce or steaming them open with just water and butter.
  — AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• Where cows once grazed, farmland once produced food, and children went clamming (clams prefer sand, not cobbles), the land and habitat were gradually lost to the sea.
  — Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
• On special mornings, guests can start the day watching clamming bears as the sun soars above the Chigmit Mountains –all without leaving camp.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
• The mask has a hydrogel texture that clams and cools the skin while its clinical-grade ingredients sink in to rejuvenate the complexion.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
• Once medical examiners took custody of Murphy’s body, the vessel slipped back out the inlet to continue clamming.
  — C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
• The shelling’s so popular here that many call the distinctive Imperial Venus clam the Pawleys Island shell.
  — Larry Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 22 May 2021
• Several people also shared childhood memories of family clamming trips in Arizona.
  — The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
• He was joined by the team’s investigator, Tom Brennan, who worked in clamming and oystering before going into law enforcement.
  — Karen Zraick Karsten Moran, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• There’s something unavoidably primal about prying open an oyster or clam and sucking it from its shell—there’s no way to aesthetically refine the act’s essential ferality.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
• Tautog Like sheepshead, this Northeast and Mid-Atlantic wreck and reef dweller is highly adept at taking a piece of crab or clam off your hook before the tug even triggers your brain to swing.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 24 Aug. 2023
• Tautog Like sheepshead, this Northeast and Mid-Atlantic wreck and reef dweller is highly adept at taking a piece of crab or clam off your hook before the tug even triggers your brain to swing.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
• The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife offers several free fishing weekends each year, where no license is needed to fish, crab or clam on the state’s waters.
  — oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2022
• The old Florida vibe of Tin City is a throwback to the 1920s when clam, shelling, oyster, and fishing industries were headquartered here.
  — Kara Franker, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023