egg on
Example Sentences
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Put a fried egg on top while you’re at it.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
When things go wrong, like they did in this case, he’ll reevaluate, he said, even if it leaves him with egg on his face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
For nearly a decade, students in Kolkata's government schools have been served an egg on some days of the week, alongside rice, pulses and vegetables.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Bardella was at an event in Moissac, southwest France, to promote his latest book when a man broke the egg on his head.
From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025
There it sat, perfect as a fresh-laid egg on the dead sea bottom, the only nucleus of light and warmth in hundreds of miles of lonely wasteland.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
