How to Use half shell in a Sentence

half shell

noun
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  • Oysters on the half shell in a lemon-lime cilantro sauce.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 May 2021
  • Her scallops, grilled on the half shell, were plump and juicy.
    — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
  • Oysters on the half shell are as easy to find as robes at the Supreme Court.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
  • There will be a raw bar, and oysters on the half shell will hit the grill too.
    — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • There will be a raw bar, and oysters on the half shell will hit the grill, too.
    — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Use this shell for serving the raw oyster on the half shell.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Any of a dozen varieties of fresh Maine oysters served on the half shell.
    — Virginia M. Wright, Outside Online, 18 June 2020
  • What a Saturday night that would be, along with a few dozen oysters on the half shell.
    — Sam Sifton, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
  • It’s been two years since San Antonio lost its own hero in a half shell.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The raw bar includes peel and eat shrimp, king crab legs, jumbo shrimp, oysters on the half shell.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Cover a rimmed baking sheet with rock salt and nestle the oyster half shells in the salt to steady them.
    — Barbara Mahany, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • Oysters on the half shell are neatly shucked but void of ocean flavor.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Choi says to the Spider-Man actor, who’s about to partake in his first raw bivalve on the half shell.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 6 June 2019
  • Redfish on the half shell with salsa verde and Shrimp and Grits Diablo.
    — Robin Soslow, Chron, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The bivalves are served on the half shell, topped with cooked spinach, Parmesan cheese and buttery breadcrumbs, then briefly broiled.
    — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Start your meal with Blue Point oysters or clams on the half shell ($2 apiece), or dig into a platter of fried shrimp and fish n’ chips.
    — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The party's 100 guests noshed on dishes like crab cakes and scallops on the half shell while mingling and dancing.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Players young and old will bask in the side-scrolling arcade mayhem as the beloved heroes in the half shell and friends face down the Foot Clan in a cartoonish beat-em-up.
    — Mike Hume, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Gaslamp Fish House is offering $1.25 oysters on the half shell, $6 truffle fries, and more from their happy hour food menu.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Dishes include steak sandwich, Niçoise salad and little neck clams on the half shell.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Don’t miss oysters on the half shell, cioppino, and their special Moonstone chowder.
    — Ali Wunderman, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • But most patrons come for the oysters, as Neptune features eight or nine varieties, as well as for the clams, which are served fried or on the half shell.
    — Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Slurpy bivalves — a half dozen on the half shell — are smothered in creamed spinach and parmesan, broiled to a bubbly sizzle and topped with crispy bacon.
    — Dominic Armato, The Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The menu boasts many fresh catches, including the bay’s signature bivalves, whether in shooters, stews or omelets, grilled or raw on the half shell.
    — Richard Stenger, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
  • The menu is wide-ranging: terrific oysters on the half shell ($3 apiece), hefty chilled shrimp cocktail (three enormous prawns for $10) and uni ($9), fine but not in the same realm as the other two.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2018
  • The shucked fresh oysters cook on the half shell over an open fire, while a homemade butter sauce adds a savory complexity to the briny shellfish.
    — Outside Online, 10 May 2021
  • Would endless oysters on the half shell enable this frustrating team to finish?
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Let’s hope that your wine never tastes like cocktail sauce, that zippy red stuff that comes with shrimp appetizers and raw oysters on the half shell.
    — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • At n/naka in Los Angeles, urchin is sometimes draped atop raw oysters on the half shell, or steamed as a mushimono with sweet horsehair crab and starchy toro.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
  • That might be the understatement of the evening, thanks to an Armani Privé blush pink strapless gown embroidered with crystal mesh that brought her closer to Venus on the half shell.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022

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