egg

Example Sentences

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Watchers on Saturday spotted what appeared to be a pip in the second egg.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A six-minute egg is soft, custardy, a little luxurious — something you eat with toast, standing at the counter, yolk pooling gold across the plate.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

The egg producer’s fiscal third-quarter earnings topped analysts’ estimates, as did revenue of $667 million, which handily beat calls for $642.5 million.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

There was an uproar from the other birds as she flew out of its way, then perched again and lunged just as it was about to take another egg.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo