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Example sentences for "lobster"

Lexicographically close words:
lobes; lobis; loblolly; lobs; lobscouse; lobsters; lobular; lobulated; lobule; lobules
  1. He passed it rapidly through the air, and saw the gills rise and fall, the lobster eyes whirl round, and the vulture nose look keen.

  2. The lobster eyes were like a living coal.

  3. Us can walk down to Lobster Ledge an' west from there to Tatie Rock.

  4. It was something of an adventure afterwards to put a hand into the pocketful of lobster claws and prawn spines.

  5. The old lobster smack's sail caught the breeze again at this moment, and she moved off down the bay.

  6. Out in the main channel we passed a bent-shouldered old fisherman bound for the evening round among his lobster traps.

  7. I could hardly discover a distant sail as I looked seaward, except a weather-beaten lobster smack, which seemed to have been taken for a plaything by the light airs that blew about the bay.

  8. Nothing was going on, not even the most leisurely of occupations, like baiting trawls or mending nets, or repairing lobster pots; the very boats seemed to be taking an afternoon nap in the sun.

  9. Lobster pots they require attention, but I make 'em up in spring weather when it's warm there in the barn.

  10. The cab, the lobster salad, the frank and good-humoured look of Pendennis, as he smilingly invited the worthy matron, subdued her suspicions and her anger.

  11. A lobster salad is the best thing in the world for a headache," Pen said gallantly, "and a glass of wine I'm sure will do you good.

  12. The fishing potential, mostly lobster and tuna, is not fully exploited.

  13. It seemed to him that no lobster ever looked redder, no mayonnaise yellower, no pistache ice-cream greener and no huckleberry pie purpler.

  14. There are also six longitudinal bands in the intestine of the Lobster and Crayfish.

  15. The Crab passes through three, beginning with the third of Peneus; the Lobster through two; while the freshwater Crayfish, when hatched, is already in the fifth and last.

  16. At the same time the lobster gave him a tree-mendious tug behind.

  17. The ripslang charged; the lobster tugged; the poor feller stepped back hastily, got his heels entangled in sea-weed, and went down head first into the grove!

  18. The lobster gave him another tug, an' the ripslang prepared for another charge.

  19. On firing a musket immediately over a lobster just captured, he has seen it throw off both its great claws in the sudden extremity of its terror, just as a panic-struck soldier sometimes throws away his weapons.

  20. He was a skilful crab and lobster fisher, and knew every hole and cranny, along several miles of rocky shore, in which the creatures were accustomed to shelter, with not a few of their own peculiarities of character.

  21. Ian finished his lobster and attacked some cold meat.

  22. You needn't have," mumbled Ian, his mouth full of lobster mayonnaise.

  23. Captain Avery, at last, "haul down that lobster flag and run up the stars and stripes.

  24. I wonder whether they can send up some lobster cutlets; he is so fond of them, you know.

  25. He could have lobster cutlets and '73 claret for the rest of his life, and all manner of good things, if he would only throw his handkerchief in the right direction.

  26. Suppose you buy half a crown's worth of winkles and a lobster or two.

  27. Lobster sauce and rye bread should be eaten with boiled salmon.

  28. But soon, like lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn.

  29. The male lobster is preferred to eat, and the female to make sauce of.

  30. I only had a little stick in my hands, and I defended myself against the lobster by hitting him in the knuckles; but he, roaring with rage, and eyes shining, continued climbing.

  31. The lobster approaches the tree, stops meditatively, and decides to shinny up after me,--which he did.

  32. The Lobster Quadrille The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and drew the back of one flapper across his eyes.

  33. Shall we try another figure of the Lobster Quadrille?

  34. All came crowding round Jack and his prize, wondering at its unusual size, and Ernest wanted his mother to make lobster soup directly, by adding it to what she was now boiling.

  35. The little fellow stood screaming in a deep pool, and as I approached, I saw that a huge lobster had caught his leg in its powerful claw.

  36. I waded into the water, and seizing the lobster firmly by the back, managed to make it loosen its hold, and we brought it safe to land.

  37. Gigantic Lobster dragging a man from a ship 58 14.

  38. TO BOIL Plunge the lobster into boiling water and cook for twenty minutes, for medium lobster.

  39. I have brought two lumps of the very best salt for the lobster salad.

  40. What are lobster and claret compared with the society of those we love?

  41. There is some claret-cup and lobster salad [handing some] THES.

  42. We are so happy that we don't miss the lobster or the claret.

  43. A hard boiled egg--for the lobster salad.

  44. A bottle of vinegar--for the lobster salad.

  45. I have brought you--lettuce for the lobster salad.

  46. Others: Yes, yes, yes, They're like a lobster shell.

  47. Shrimps, prawns, or lobster may be used instead of clams or oysters.

  48. Cut the meat of four-pound lobster into large pieces; melt one tablespoonful butter and one teaspoonful minced onion, let cook until yellow.

  49. Close observation of the newly-opened lobster would soon show that all its movements are due to the same cause--the shortening and thickening of these fleshy fibres, which are technically called muscles.

  50. But the lobster and the cray fish, though belonging to distinct genera, have many features in common, and hence are grouped together in an assemblage which is called a family.

  51. I have hitherto spoken as if the lobster were alone in the world, but, as I need hardly remind you, there are myriads of other animal organisms.

  52. The English lobster is a species, our cray fish is another, our prawn is another.

  53. Let us consider the tail of the lobster again from this point of view.

  54. But if I were to open it, and take out the viscera only, leaving the white flesh, I should perceive that the lobster could bend and extend its tail as well as before.

  55. More distant resemblances connect the lobster with the prawn and the crab, which are expressed by putting all these into the same order.

  56. Turning from these purely morphological considerations, let us now examine into the manner in which the attentive study of the lobster impels us into other lines of research.

  57. In the head of the lobster there lies a small mass of that peculiar tissue which is known as nervous substance.

  58. Why does one whole group of muscles contract when the lobster wishes to extend his tail, and another group when he desires to bend it?

  59. The lobster has served as a type of the whole animal kingdom, and its anatomy and physiology have illustrated for us some of the greatest truths of biology.

  60. The movements of the lobster are due to muscular contractility.


  61. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lobster" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    clam; color; crab; gawk; limpet; lobster; lout; lubber; lump; oyster; pigment; prawn; scallop; shellfish; shrimp; slouch; snail; steamer; whelk