How to Use oyster in a Sentence
oyster
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The world is my oyster, and MGK — in a strange turn of events — is my new muse.
— Devon Abelman, Allure, 12 Sep. 2021 -
Food items range in price from $7 to $18, plus $2 oysters.
— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023 -
This is shirako, the sperm sacs of cod, soft and milky as oysters.
— Ligaya Mishan Esther Choi, New York Times, 8 May 2023 -
Now there’s an oyster bar right across the street from Wrigley Field.
— Joseph Longo, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2021 -
The 8,700-square-foot restaurant has an oyster bar and seafood bar.
— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023 -
Guests piled their plates with oysters and baked clams.
— Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024 -
That doesn’t explain the oyster or grape thefts, of course.
— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2022 -
Adults admire them, kids want to grow up to be them — the world’s their oyster.
— Bob Verini, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Pour in the soy sauce, oyster sauce (if using) and sesame oil.
— Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024 -
Here, the oyster stews, salmon banh mi, and crudos are life-giving.
— Chris Malloy, Bon Appétit, 18 Jan. 2023 -
Combined with the steel case, this evokes the colors of an oyster shell.
— Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 11 July 2022 -
Dying to go for a sail and slurp an oyster along the Rhode Island coast?
— Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023 -
But what Huntsville didn’t have yet was an oyster bar, Mell says.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 28 Aug. 2021 -
In the dining room, that means the votives are oyster shells filled with wax.
— Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021 -
The candles on the tables are oyster shells filled with wax.
— Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021 -
Some of these creatures are oysters, shrimp, fish, and blue crabs.
— Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2023 -
Fried and baked fish, cheese pizza, oysters, and sides.
— The Courier-Journal, 12 Feb. 2024 -
The death is the second in the state this month traced to the bacteria, Vibrio, found in an oyster.
— Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2022 -
The raw bar includes peel-and-eat shrimp, king crab legs, jumbo shrimp, and oysters on the half shell.
— Moby Dick, The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2023 -
With a new condiment brand and a TV show in the works, the world really is Todd's oyster.
— Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 12 July 2022 -
Seafood entrees are on the menu, along with oysters, salads and sharables.
— Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024 -
The rabbit ear is served on a bed of oyster sauce with sea plankton caviar.
— Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022 -
The boys get jobs at a local oyster farm to finance DNA tests.
— Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2024 -
New seafood restaurant, oyster bar to open this spring.
— Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2023 -
In colonial times, the Chesapeake was packed with oysters.
— Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024 -
Keep your promising outlook and the world will be your oyster.
— Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2022 -
There are also raw and cooked oyster dishes and caviar plates priced from $85 to $95.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2021 -
Who knew people were eating so many oysters in the 1940s?
— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023 -
On the main floor, enjoy some live jazz or folk music at the bar with oysters and cocktails.
— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2024 -
The menu features slow-roasted turkey, stuffing with or without oysters, roasted Brussels sprouts, and cipollini onions.
— Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
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