Crabs crawl on sand.

Meaning: Crabs move on the beach by walking sideways.

Choice of Words: Crabs are crustaceans that have a hard outer shell and ten legs. Crawl means to move slowly on hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground. Sand is a loose material made up of small grains of rock and minerals.

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Related Expressions

• The crabs scuttled quickly across the sand.
• The crabs scuttled across the wet sand.
• Crabs scuttled across the sand.
• Tiny crabs scuttle in wet sand.
• Tiny crabs scuttled sideways across the damp sand.
• Tiny crabs scuttled sideways across the wet sand.
• Crabs scuttle sideways in the wet sand.
• Crabs scuttled sideways, leaving trails in the sand.
• Crabs scuttled sideways across the wet sand.
• The crabs scuttled across the sand like soldiers.