12 example sentences using crab.
Crab used in a sentence
Crab in a sentence as a noun
Blood can be blue-- if you're a hermit crab.
Every day the crabs were counted, and each day there was quite a few completely missing.
There is truly and honestly a crab mentality going on, and it's because of guys like this.
The experiment involved having 100s of a certain type of crab.
I once read about a lab that was doing research on various sea creatures, but primarily crabs.
For example, last night we spent 2 hours cooking crab cakes, chocolate souffle, kale chips... it was fantastic.
Crab in a sentence as a verb
You never need to put a cover on a bucket full of crabs because anytime one crab tries to climb out the others will pull it back in.
The head researcher suspected one of the lab assistants was stealing and selling the crabs, so they set up a camera to watch the lab overnight.
Although it has only been confirmed to infect crab-eating macaques, the potential to jump to a human host is unsettlingly high.
Every night it was waiting until everyone went home, then taking the lid off it's tank, crawling several meters across the floor, opening the lid of the crab tank, eating a few crabs and then crawling back, remembering to replace the lids of both tanks.
In between stints of working on dredge boats and doing auto-mechanic work, etc., my dad started business after business: building and selling crab traps, bought a dump trunk and did "hauling fill dirt," then "building docks and bulkheads" and then it was cutting down trees and hauling pulpwood to the mills, etc., etc.
!If we are so contemptibly selfish that we can't radiate a little happiness and pass on a bit of honest appreciation without trying to get something out of the other person in return - if our souls are no bigger than sour crab apples, we shall meet with the failure we so richly deserve.
Crab definitions
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
a quarrelsome grouch
the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
See also: crabmeat
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
scurry sideways like a crab
fish for crab