How to Use clamshell in a Sentence

clamshell

noun

• Brace your abs and turn your top knee up and open your legs like a clamshell.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2020
• Back out in my car, lifted up the clamshell to check out the goods.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 8 Aug. 2020
• The other uses a clamshell to scoop up the sand.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
• You’re given the clamshell to scoop the tuna meat right off the bone.
  — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
• Sometimes the brakes are made in the shape of a clamshell with slots instead of holes.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 23 Oct. 2019
• So take a clamshell that is used for your take-out chicken rotisserie.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
• The roof is a single-piece aluminum structure as is the rear clamshell.
  — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 11 June 2021
• Keep clamshells of pre-washed greens and bagged salad kits sealed as long as possible.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2025
• My first impression was its clean, grey clamshell design.
  — John Burek, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
• Cedar Grove in black and gold, on the first-base bench behind the clamshell backstop.
  — SI.com, 28 May 2018
• With an active intake grille, the front fascia looks very sleek, even with the clamshell hood.
  — Utkarsh Sood june 05, New Atlas, 5 June 2026
• The clamshell’s colors will include black, gold, green, and purple.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 July 2021
• Then there’s the vast, subtly curved and low rear clamshell, which tells you how low the mass sits in the chassis.
  — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2022
• Clamshell Sets and Reps The clamshell can be done with your bodyweight.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• The doors work fine, opening like clamshells to access the vacuum of space.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 8 Jan. 2018
• Today Max is making two large clamshells, which will hold seafood at a party.
  — Blair Braverman, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
• Oh, right – instead of a cockpit, the aircraft has a pair of clamshell doors and no place for a crew.
  — David Szondy march 11, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2026
• Keeping your feet together, lift your top knee—like the opening of a clamshell.
  — Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 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
• At the rear, a striking clamshell liftgate opens up a notably wide load floor for cargo.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Nov. 2023
• Water well and slip the pots into clear plastic bags (or close the plastic clamshells).
  — Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2018
• Apple has a lot less thermal headroom to work with in tablets like these than in a clamshell laptop.
  — PCMAG, 4 Nov. 2024
• The sea was full of fish, the land was fertile, clamshells and porpoise teeth served as currency.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2020
• It was sold in a 32-ounce, clear plastic clamshell container.
  — Orange County Register, 12 Jan. 2017
• The perimeters of these paths are lined with uniform clamshells, and there is no pavement anywhere in sight.
  — Ariel Leve, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
• Walmart also carries clamshell packs of nine mini muffins.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
• Lift the right knee up and out to the side, externally rotating your right hip for a clamshell.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 9 July 2026
• And even fold it in half to a right angle, lay the magnetic keyboard down and use it as a mini clamshell.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 29 Sep. 2020
• Lettuces like a mesclun mix or arugula often come in clamshell containers.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
• Their clamshell canopy along with the pilot’s Darth Vader helmet stood out.
  — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2019