Example Sentences

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For ravens, the eggs provide a nutritious meal, packed with calcium and albumen.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

The insects eke out an austere existence by eating decaying plants that blow in with the wind and slurping sea foam, which contains a proteinaceous compound called albumen.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 20, 2019

This view of St Paul's Cathedral looming beyond the Thames-side wharves is an albumen print from a wet collodion negative.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2015

Because the glomeruli filter the blood based mostly on particle size, large elements like blood cells, platelets, antibodies, and albumen are excluded.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

If the birds of the North are born with a migratory instinct fused into the albumen of eggs, then the military families of America develop the same instinct out of necessity.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy