EGGS in a Sentence
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140 example sentences for EGGS, such as:
1. He beat the eggs into the flour.
2. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
3. Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
4. I fear that the scrambled eggs are cold.
5. 'I don't think people are eggs,' he said.
2. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
3. Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
4. I fear that the scrambled eggs are cold.
5. 'I don't think people are eggs,' he said.
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Meanings and Examples of EGGS
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eggs
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 He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits.
2 One Sunday morning Squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs.
3 Napoleon had accepted, through Whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week.
4 They were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder.
5 Their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor.
6 Whymper heard nothing of this affair, and the eggs were duly delivered, a grocer's van driving up to the farm once a week to take them away.
7 He stole the corn, he upset the milk-pails, he broke the eggs, he trampled the seedbeds, he gnawed the bark off the fruit trees.
8 All alike, they clustered themselves down on the eggs in the soft nestling ponderosity of the female urge, the female nature, fluffing out their feathers.
9 The wood was silent, still and secret in the evening drizzle of rain, full of the mystery of eggs and half-open buds, half unsheathed flowers.
10 'I don't think people are eggs,' he said.
11 Mrs. Norris could not speak with any temper of such grievances, nor of the quantity of butter and eggs that were regularly consumed in the house.
12 He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
13 Sherlock Holmes swallowed a cup of coffee, and turned his attention to the ham and eggs.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
14 I fear that the scrambled eggs are cold.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
15 "He knows all about eggs and nests," Mary went on.
Example Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
1 Beat the butter and sugar together and slowly add the eggs.
2 Beat up the eggs before you add the flour.
3 Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
4 Pasta's basic ingredients are flour and water, sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil.
5 He beat the eggs into the flour.
6 First put the flour in the bowl, and then beat the eggs in.
7 The female sits on the eggs until they hatch.
8 This cake is made with ten eggs, which give it a rich taste.
9 You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
10 He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.
11 Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
12 The female bird incubates the eggs for about sixteen days while the male brings food.
13 Blackbirds' eggs are pale blue with brown flecks on them.
14 In May the females build a nest and lay their eggs.
15 I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.