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
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
“What kind of a hard-boiled egg ?” Major de Coverley demanded.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
