How to Use razor clam in a Sentence

razor clam

noun

• 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
• Beaches on the central and south Oregon Coast are closed to razor clam digging.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• 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
• Eat lobster corn dogs, razor clam stuffies, and seafood potage for dinner Monday through Sunday.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 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
• 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
• Clamzilla chowder, anyone? Jason Stricker was stunned at what his shovel turned up — a razor clam filling the palm of his hand.
  — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Sample the chef’s tasting of 11 rotating crudos, from beautiful razor clams with chili and mint to striped jack with a horseradish-caviar-chive topping.
  — Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
• In a simple brine, razor clams maintained their yielding chew and mild, distinct salinity.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
• So, too, was tagliolini with razor clams, lamb bacon, and Calabrian chile.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• Washington has also set new razor clam seasons on its ocean beaches.
  — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
• Don’t miss the brie, red pepper, artichoke, and caviar montadito, or the razor clam conservas.
  — Isabelle Kliger, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2018
• Simple dishes like sirloin steak, grilled razor clams and seafood risotto are adroitly prepared.
  — Andrew Ferren, WSJ, 13 June 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Digging on Clatsop beaches accounts for the vast majority of razor clams taken annually in Oregon, but will close the evening of July 14.
  — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 10 June 2023
• 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
• Clatsop County beaches are closed to all razor clam digging until October.
  — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2020
• Washington will open a five day Christmas vacation dig for razor clams, beginning Monday.
  — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2019
• Oregon beaches north of Cascade Head, including Clatsop County beaches, are open daily to razor clam digging.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• 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
• Last spring’s razor clam-digging opening on the 28-mile-long Long Beach Peninsula’s ocean beach was a big deal because state fisheries honchos temporarily upped the daily limit after a long closure assured a good harvest.
  — Brian J. Cantwell, Philly.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Around the spittoon’s broad brim were arranged five garnishes, or side dishes, or condiments, including chopped razor clam with celery sorbet and a little pillbox of horseradish jelly.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2018

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