hard-boiled
Example Sentences
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Clutton-Brock has joked that his most important discovery was meerkats’ fondness for hard-boiled egg.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Mince the hard-boiled eggs cleanly — decisive cuts, not frantic mashing.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
They added that while historically, visitors "turned up with hard-boiled eggs, more recently these are often switched for chocolate eggs to be rolled down the hill".
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
She was a fan of hard-boiled eggs and slices of fresh avocado, and she, too, loved to read about the pink of strawberry ice lollies and the red of sunsets and the orange of oranges.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
“No. He was too hard-boiled and had a bad future coming....”
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
