chicken

Example Sentences

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“Salmon,” I try, “do you want barbecue chicken in your lunch?”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The specimen was first uncovered by a retired chicken farmer, who had sourced rocks from a nearby quarry to build a garden retaining wall.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Among their finds is a fire extinguisher dating from 1942, newspapers from the week after D-Day, and a tin of "whole chicken in jelly" - fortunately empty.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Carefully is a generous term here—the process is more like arranging a raw chicken on a baking pan for maximum flatness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Now I could go home, and maybe Gran had cooked a chicken.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff