How to Use prawn in a Sentence

prawn

noun
Definition of prawnnext
  • Or any of the specials really – prime rib, steak and prawns, and more.
    — Jevensen, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Take your pick of lobster, prawns, or crab, grab a cold one, and enjoy.
    — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Dec. 2018
  • Keeping their heads on ensures the prawns don’t dry out when they’re cooked.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The wild prawn cocktail with Bere Island crab (€26) is sweet and briny, while the squash soup (€10) is a restorative.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 20 June 2022
  • Meaning: do not order chicken, and also do not be afraid to try the lengua, the cabeza, or even the prawn.
    — Sunset Magazine, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Each day of the experiment, the prawn and shrimp feeding spots moved around.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The day’s catch can include sea urchin, rock crab and spot prawns, plus a variety of whole fish.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2019
  • At the end of each day, get intimate with juicy red prawns that were caught that morning.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 28 June 2018
  • Some of the best dishes include the beef rendang, prawn dumplings, and the nasi lemak (a Malaysian specialty).
    — Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Kai see hor fun is also a kway teow soup, but the difference is in the prawns.
    — Emily Ding, CNN, 21 May 2017
  • The first course includes warm cheese puffs and grilled Ecuadorian white prawns for the table.
    — Julie Giuffrida, latimes.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The prawns are doused in a deep orange saffron bisque made with roasted prawn shells and butter.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • The green papaya salad with prawn, mint and peanuts is crisp and refreshing.
    — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
  • In the one-hour case, the cuttlefish had to swim up to the location where the breakfast prawn was offered to earn the second meal.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Both their tofu and prawn amok are cooked to perfection.
    — Kareena Gianani, National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The whole lobster comes with rice, beans and tortillas and the ½ lobster includes four prawns, rice, beans and tortillas.
    — Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Leave a Note Don't go anywhere else for prawns in coconut curry.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Prawns flexed past my face: fold, unfold, fold, unfold.
    — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • Tiger prawns are not only tasty but super-quick to cook too – they can be done in less than five minutes.
    — Esra Gurkan, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The menu includes spicy pork ears, fried prawns, Chongqing noodles and boiled fish with pickled cabbage and chiles.
    — Hadley Tomicki, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2019
  • Huge, sweet, head-on prawns were plucked from the gulf, roasted, and bathed in fruity-hot Calabrian chile butter.
    — Fortune, 14 July 2019
  • At The Café, best bets are the burger with bacon, red onion marmalade, and ale house cheddar ($26), or the prawn and calamari cookpot with crisp toast ($35).
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2021
  • Smelt, sardines, sea urchin, and rockfish deserve to share the spotlight with scallops and spot prawns.
    — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2019
  • The cephalopods resisted eating a piece of prawn for as long as two minutes to earn an even better snack (a live shrimp).
    — Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Though this recipe calls for prawns, it can easily be made with chicken, lamb, or other types of seafood.
    — Tanner Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The fish stew, with halibut, scallops, clams, and prawns, is a slightly gussied-up if standard hearty casserole.
    — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019
  • In some places, dams have also caused a decline in the natural predators of snails, such as fish, crayfish, and prawns.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 14 July 2017
  • The restaurant will serve modern Greek dishes like honey and fig saganaki and kataifi prawns.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Giant prawns are coated in Ethiopian berbere and served with jicama and rose water.
    — Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The menu features 200-plus seafood items, including halibut, salmon, sushi-grade tuna, prawns, lobster and Dungeness crab — much of it caught by the restaurant’s own fishing fleet.
    — Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024

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