How to Use oyster in a Sentence

oyster

noun
  • But crabs aren’t the star of the show here, oysters are.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • This allows the sauce more time to cook with the oyster.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The main road wasn't even paved; it was made of oyster shells.
    — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 16 July 2021
  • The world is my oyster, and MGK — in a strange turn of events — is my new muse.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Even in the late 1800s, at the height of the oyster trade, there were billions of oysters in the bay.
    — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 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
  • Poke, oysters, lox and salmon roe are all ready-to-eat as well.
    — Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • The Olympics as a whole seemed like an oyster shell without a pearl.
    — New York Times, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Pour in the soy sauce, oyster sauce (if using) and sesame oil.
    — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
  • For many of our readers, the world has been their oyster these last months.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
  • There’s food here too—at the indoor oyster bar or at the open-air grill and yacht club.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Add the broth, chile paste, sherry and oyster or hoisin sauce.
    — SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 28 Aug. 2021
  • In the dining room, that means the votives are oyster shells filled with wax.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The world is your oyster, and everything can be a prop or a tool.
    — Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 17 June 2020
  • The candles on the tables are oyster shells filled with wax.
    — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
  • So all the boys were out there shooting these oyster shells.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 16 Apr. 2020
  • For the Fab Four, the world was their dizzy, seductive oyster.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The menu has a strong emphasis on fresh seafood from stuffed grouper to oysters on the half-shell.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The oysters, cold, sweet and tasting of the sea, delivered on that promise.
    — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • The recall included shucked, frozen, breaded, post-harvest processed and oysters for the half-shell market.
    — Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025

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