Crabs crawled sideways on the beach.

Meaning: The crabs moved slowly across the beach, walking sideways with their hard shells and claws.

Choice of Words: Crabs are crustaceans with hard shells and claws. Crawled means to move slowly on hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground. Sideways means to the left or right, not forward or backward.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Crabs scuttle sideways on sandy beach.
• Crabs scuttled sideways across the beach.
• The crabs scuttled sideways across the sandy shore.
• Crabs scuttled sideways, searching for food.
• Tiny crabs scuttled sideways across the damp sand.
• Tiny crabs scuttled sideways, building sandcastles.
• Tiny crabs scuttled sideways across the sandy shore.
• Tiny crabs scuttled sideways across the wet sand.
• Crabs scuttle sideways in the wet sand.
• Crabs scuttled sideways, leaving trails in the sand.