EGG in a Sentence

Learn EGG from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
140 example sentences for EGG, such as:
1. Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
2. Never cackle till your egg is laid.
3. He breakfasted on this egg and roll.
4. Better half an egg than empty shell.
5. Whisk the egg and then add the flour.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of EGG
egg
 n.  one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
 n.  oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
Classic Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
1  That which you see there, higher up in the door, near a nail, is the hole of a big iron bullet as large as an egg.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
2  That such an eagle should emerge from such an egg is certainly unexpected.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?
3  He gave three francs a month to the old principal tenant to come and sweep his hole, and to bring him a little hot water every morning, a fresh egg, and a penny roll.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR
4  He breakfasted on this egg and roll.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR
5  My house was at the very tip of the egg, only fifty yards from the Sound, and squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  If it had been Aladdin's palace, roc's egg and all, I suppose I could not have been more charmed with the romantic idea of living in it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
7  I sat down to my brown loaf, my egg, and my rasher of bacon, with a basin of milk besides, and made a most delicious meal.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
8  The sky above turned slowly from azure to the delicate blue-green of a robin's egg, and the unearthly stillness of rural twilight came stealthily down about her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  In the debate as to whether there should be veal loaf or poached egg on hash, she had no chance to be heretical and oversensitive.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  And she said nothing at all when Kennicott commented, "From what Champ says, I guess Bjornstam was a bad egg, after all."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
11  "Why, this article," I said, pointing at it with my egg spoon as I sat down to my breakfast.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
12  It sounds like saying an egg may go as addled as it likes, so long as it keeps its shell on whole.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
13  I got past it and got one in with my stick that crushed his head like an egg.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
14  Also, it might be well to try him with an egg pie.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
15  "Try this freshly-made pie and an egg," continued Madame.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
1  Whisk the egg and then add the flour.
2  The color of the shell per se does not affect the quality of the egg.
3  Beat the butter and sugar; then blend in the egg.
4  Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
5  Never cackle till your egg is laid.
6  The egg and sperm fuse together as one cell.
7  Milk, oily fish and egg all contain vitamin D.
8  Suppose someone gave you an egg and asked you to describe exactly what was inside.
9  Genes determine how we develop from the moment the sperm fuses with the egg.
10  Better half an egg than empty shell.
11  The apocryphal story of Columbus and the egg is very interesting.
12  Kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
13  Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
14  Each of my cousins received an Easter egg on Easter Day.
15  A temporary egg pouch in various fishes and crustaceans.