chicken

Example Sentences

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The kind of butt-kicking that’s chicken soup for a nation’s soul.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

Stan Haithcock, an annuity agent who bills himself as “Stan the Annuity Man,” has written about these annuity seminars, which he refers to as “bad chicken dinner seminars.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

It’s similar to what pickle brine does for chicken: people notice something special, but they can’t quite identify it.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Do you think it’s possible Ronaldo is going to hit Popeyes for a chicken sandwich?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

I lay on the ground, still as a dead chicken, and looked up at Red.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff