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

Ms. Medina, playing the flustered, overtaxed Tiphaine, is terrific, as is Ms. Arné, whose Lucie has to toggle from hard-boiled detective to strategy-free investigator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

To that, add your reserved hard-boiled yolks, blended in until the mixture thickens and turns almost custard-like.

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

It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway