| 单词 | eggs |
| 例句 | They will dig away the earth from under the bodies of small creatures, such as shrew mice and fallen fledglings, and then lay their eggs on them before covering them with soil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t they bypass you and buy the eggs directly from you in Malta at four and a quarter cents apiece ?” “Because I wouldn’t sell it to them.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For breakfast, they had eggs that were not cooked well, so that the yolk danced around, and they wore bouncy straight-hair wigs and maxi-dresses that grazed their ankles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One Sunday morning Squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes a party would come for beer and scrambled eggs and spend five or ten dollars. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Her mom was making scrambled eggs and toast. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He ate hot eggs, warm bread, reveled in steaming tea, although the water from which the tea was made left an aftertaste in the mouth, afterthoughts in the brain: from what nearby bam? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Just stuff like scrambled eggs or macaroni and cheese, but he could get by. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Go get yourself some eggs, Mrs. Miyamoto. Read the papers, maybe.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Never mind that I didn’t like eggs or macaroni and cheese. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z They’d never take a trip down the Bay to lay their eggs before they died. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know that cupcakes have eggs in them?” he asked me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Then Mrs. Bessermann screams for scrambled eggs, and I wonder if Mr. Krajewska is sitting on the other side of the wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Every evening, it seems, Mr. Nielsen brings something home from a customer: a dozen eggs, soft Norwegian flatbread called lefse, a long knitted scarf. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Under her arm Desdemona also carried her silkworm box containing a few hundred silkworm eggs wrapped in a white cloth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She got the eggs and juice out of the refrigerator and the bread out of the bread box. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When we got to the house, Wynn was making scrambled eggs for dinner, and Nan sat at the kitchen table drinking a glass of juice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Near the fire, completely unafraid of die smoking coals, completely unfraid of Brian, a skunk was digging where he had buried the eggs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z On one side of her lay a small table with a small pot of tea, a bowl of rice porridge, and tea-stained eggs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Shorty pours the lye over them, cracks two raw eggs into the mix, and stirs it all up with a wooden paddle. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Three rows of six stasis pods line the room and sort of look exactly like...eggs in a carton. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z So I decided I’d just have to work the eggs out somehow. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z They gasped at the thin golden crown that settled in his black curls like eggs in a thrush’s nest. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Two great horned owl eggs lie in the cold snow-rimmed cavity in the broken top of the tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But when you know that some eggs are not only tastier, but also healthier to eat, then a dollar extra for a dozen seems like a bargain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z If she saw what the officer was doing, she would dive and bite him as she bit the man who was stealing eggs from my old friend Mrs. Fielder’s chicken house. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She dissected a frog and raised its eggs, recording each stage. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He’d been stabbing his eggs with his fork, but stopped suddenly, as if eating was getting in the way of thinking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Footmen arrived carrying silver trays with fried eggs, bacon, sausages and fried potatoes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, we checked on the eggs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "Biggest eggs I've ever seen in my life. Her mother made omelettes out of them. Delicious they were." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z If these were once eggs, it had been a long time since they’d been inside a hen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mom’s big on traditional breakfast, so there’s sausage, toast, and scrambled eggs, plus orange juice and milk. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z While she slumped on a bench near the barbecue drum, I stepped through the screen door into the mingled smells of pick- led eggs and sawdust, beneath dozens of sugar-cured hams dangling from the ceiling. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Flour, sugar, salt, eggs, milk, butter, baking powder, cinnamon. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We make a shopping list: flour, eggs, ghee, marshmallows, chocolate chips, crushed graham crackers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Occasionally he climbed the cliffs and brought her eggs to eat; occasionally he took her in his arms and leaned against a rock. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t chew very well, so I mostly get soft foods like scrambled eggs or oatmeal or applesauce. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Minnows. It’s too late for tadpoles, silly, but I bet we can find frogs’ eggs. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “And you managed to stay alive, and raise chickens, eggs, and cows?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z For example, quail into whose diet DDT was introduced throughout the breeding season survived and even produced normal numbers of fertile eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. V spoons eggs into my mouth, but my stomach roils with worry. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I filled the pockets with the remaining eggs, grabbed a handkerchief, and picked up my purse. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Momma and Aunt Pam work the stove as skillets full of bacon and eggs sizzle, blue flames dancing beneath them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z In March, Etienne turns sixty and Madame Manec stews little clams—palourd.es—with shallots and serves them alongside mushrooms and quarters of two hard-boiled eggs: the only two eggs, she reports, she could find in the city. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He was poking at the scrambled eggs on his plate and listening to the radio buzzing with old-school music. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Nino Carlitos,” I say, flashing a smile and letting my eyes dance, “please be nice and let me pick out some eggs.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Fish, langosta, mussels, or the eggs from sea urchins, those small, black round sea nnfmnfa with sharp spines that attach themselves to the reefs. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, I fed the chickens, gathered eggs, and plucked the ripest tomatoes before the birds got to them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z After hearing a researcher talk about cloning, Deborah asked Sharrer whether it was possible to take DNA from HeLa cells and put it into one of Deborah’s eggs to bring her mother back to life. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z How can a bar mitzvah be the right path for this kid who grew up going to church, hunting Easter eggs, and writing letters to Santa? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There was a vast dish of eggs and bacon on the sideboard and tea and coffee. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Mom poured a box of corn bread mix into a bowl along with eggs and milk. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She waved her hand at the nightstand, where someone had set a glass of orange juice and a plate of poached eggs and bacon on toast—Frank’s favorite breakfast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Worst, I sent two of ’em wobbling back into the water with their brains scrambled like eggs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Mami, bring the bowl here! And the eggs! I can beat them for you.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I don’t hear one word that’s said over our eggs and sausage. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z De Vries also pored through Darwin's books, and he latched onto the theory of pangenesis—the idea that “particles of information” from the body were somehow collected and collated in sperm and eggs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z At the house I deposited his can of water on the porch beside his milk and eggs, confident that I had escaped suspicion. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Before Ivy could offer to come along, Taryn was out the door, leaving Ivy alone with Taryn’s bewildered parents and the giant pile of eggs and cinnamon raisin toast they had made for both girls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A half gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, two cans of jack mackerel, a small bag of apples, and some popcorn. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Epler were German farmers who brought their eggs and chickens to market three times a week. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge, after the fury of losing the chicken subsided, comforted himself with his roomful of golden eggs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Rufus chains his bike to a parking meter and I follow him inside the fairly empty café, immediately smelling scrambled eggs and French toast. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And now I know: There is meat and eggs within the walls of our fort. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z For. several moments we all stared at our cold eggs and pancakes and thought about the absurdity of the situation. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And I wondered what happened to the rest, all those scrambled eggs, that crisp bacon, the porridge, the remains of the fish. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Distracted by coloring the eggs, I didn’t think much about exactly why Grandma Caye was leaving Belize. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He had toast and oatmeal, scrambled eggs with chorizo sausage, a plastic mug of orange juice, a strip of cold bacon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we all three ate ourselves nearly to oblivion on the best eggs and bacon I ever tasted in my life. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The place smelled like stale cigarettes and coffee and frying eggs. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Laughing, Mr. Chris had said once, “Now, Marly—I guess you’re not going to eat any more drumsticks or any more eggs? No more pork chops?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Her face, as he stepped into the light, was round and thick, and her eyes were like two immense eggs stuck into a white mess of bread dough. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I scraped the last few salty black eggs from the dish with my soup spoon and licked it clean. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z On the cloth altar, she arranged baskets of food—quinoa and cheese and hard-boiled eggs, and as a special treat for the most recently dead baby, chocolate ice cream and a bottle of Inca Kola. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We see the miracle of nature’s control at work when the cod move through winter seas to their spawning grounds, where each female deposits several millions of eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The slightly meaty odor of morels attracts flies, which lay eggs in the safety of the mushroom’s hollow stalk. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Stella could almost imagine going out to check her chickens for eggs and finding a big old eagle egg sitting there. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When I had gathered the eggs, I took them to the back porch and saw that he had set out the milk pail and also one of the water cans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then you an’ Lennie could go get her started an’ I’d get a job an’ make up the res’, an’ you could sell eggs an’ stuff like that.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of us sat two dozen hard-boiled eggs in a bowl. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I held the eggs while she read the letter. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The adult lacewing feeds mostly on plant nectars and the honeydew of aphids, and in time she lays her eggs, each on the end of a long stalk which she fastens to a leaf. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Every time Aileen and I were alone, I felt like my stomach was a basket of eggs, and I dropped it every time we were close enough to kiss. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I shall have some coffee, and eggs and bacon. What about you?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And there are many wasps, and flies as well, whose very existence depends on the destruction of the eggs or larvae of other insects through parasitism. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She would never be quite certain, but the more time passed, the less probable it seemed that she could move elsewhere, and it became a question of chickens and eggs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On the edge of his vision, he saw the cupbearers watching with eyes as big and white as chicken eggs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fried eggs lay in rows on their platter. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter wouldn’t let me forget the eggs I dropped and cracked when I was nine. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Edd cut three thick slices off a stale round of oat bread, stacked them on a wooden platter, covered them with bacon and bacon drippings, and filled a bowl with hard-cooked eggs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That morning, we had scrambled eggs spiced with pine bark, which came from the sticks we used to stir them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z His eyes looked as big and startled as two hard-boiled eggs. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The pages were glued on with wood paste and randomly selected: a wall might sport an ad for medicine next to an article on the price of eggs. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And then she reads my mother's letter slowly while Hope and I sit at the kitchen table, cheese grits near gone, scrambled eggs leaving yellow dots in our bowls. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z And the chicks were beautiful—even more beautiful than the eggs when we boiled them in onion peels and herbs to color them. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Jordan had bought doughnuts and milk, along with fresh fruit and a dozen eggs. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he discovered that if he hatched mallard duck eggs, the ducklings refused to follow him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Odd sterling servers are popular, for spooning out deviled eggs, removing pimentos from olives, cracking quail legs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Right next to the pancakes is a plate of perfectly crispy bacon, and Sneaky’s mom is scrambling eggs at the stove. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Mom hands her a plastic container with two eggs snug inside so they don’t break. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Charles fried salt pork, warmed up a skillet of beans, fried eggs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He wants the sale of his eggs and meat to help other local businesses, like small shops and restaurants. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The milk pail reminded me that in my concern over choosing a new route, I had forgotten to bring my own pail, and also to bring anything to carry my eggs in. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z We’d blow the yolks out of the eggs, and paint little faces on them. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She says,The doctor told me keep warm, have plenty of rest and nourishing food, meat and eggs three times a week. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Familiar noises surround me: street vendors call out to passersby, selling boiled goose eggs and fried dough and hot dogs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Of not being able to trust your neighbor or the girl who brings you eggs. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z As they go, Hideo pulls out a bag of plastic red eggs from his backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Edd stood over the kettle swishing the eggs about with a spoon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’m going to climb the church tower and cut the tongues out of those bells myself,” Eliza grumbled as she beat a dozen eggs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As she let the door flap close behind her, Dany saw a finger of dusty red light reach out to touch her dragon's eggs across the tent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Daddy stood where he was, and Joe sat looking at the eggs on his plate. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The only sound was the eggs being cracked and then, slowly, the hiss of the pan. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly I felt sick, and the eggs turned funny in my stomach. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then they visited the Apothecary, which was fascinating enough to make up for its horrible smell, a mixture of bad eggs and rotted cabbages. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Got back downstairs and Moms was making eggs. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Our parents used to eat paratha and eggs every day in the villages of Pakistan, and they lived to be ninety.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z You see the cruelty required to produce eggs that can be sold for seventy-nine cents a dozen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The chickens had laid blue eggs, but they also laid pink and green and brown eggs, too, like every day was Easter. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He shoveled the bacon out on a plate and broke the eggs in the hot grease and they jumped and fluttered their edges to brown lace and made clucking sounds. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I saw him get a bunch of eggs, too. From one of our nests.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The chain didn’t stop there, for I had turned the eggs into something else—at least I hoped I had. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A big old Mama Duck sitting on some eggs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We’ll have eggs and rashers on Sunday for breakfast and ham and cabbage and potatoes for dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A few weeks after running into the boy, I’m on my way to the store to buy eggs, walking quickly, weaving around slower people crowding the sidewalk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The female is bigger than the male and may lay up to one hundred eggs at a time. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember Jody, my best and only girlfriend at college in my freshman year, making me scrambled eggs at her house one morning. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, well,” said Abra kindly, “why don’t you say so? Maybe you’re china eggs then, like they put in a nest.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She turned the eggs to keep the developing embryos from sticking to the shells. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In exchange the animals provided the humans their milk, eggs, and—yes—their flesh. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In the end they settled down for the night in a far-flung field belonging to a lonely farm, from which they had managed to obtain eggs and bread. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z No cardamom payasam I ever tasted was as sweet or as rich as creamy turtle eggs or cured turtle fat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z For breakfast we had waffles and bacon and eggs, and her mom looked at me curiously when I said, “But where’s the rice?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The grown-ups usually gave us children most of their rations of candy, milk, and eggs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Good,” she said, and stomped off among the shelves, searching for pickled eggs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The ordeal lasted until morning when skinny women in sequined bodices served us scrambled eggs and bacon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Months of conditioning, jogging, I’ve seen flowers bloom, trees turn green, and birds’ eggs hatch. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Well, we’re going to swing by tomorrow, keep an eye on things. No lead on the person who carved that word. But with the eggs, and people just generally riled, and the cut-down...” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know you could lay eggs,” said Wilbur in amazement. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z When they were all gathered again by the fire, Ben scrambled some eggs and picked a few choice sprigs from the herb garden. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was higher up and much smaller than the classroom windows, but we’d still be able to drop our eggs out of it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The constant vibrations from two jackhammers trembled the huge horizontal web, but Frightful stayed with her eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Liam had ordered each of us a simple meal of scrambled eggs, bacon, and two pancakes without syrup. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Like the one on the first night of our turtle walks, this one also contained a hundred and seven eggs, but this time all one hundred seven turtles emerged. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Chickens laid eggs that had two shells, the outer one of mud. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to have scrambled eggs for dinner without this ridiculous construction that a scrambled egg-inclusive meal is breakfast even when it occurs at dinnertime.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Under the lid Jon discovered three duck’s eggs fried in drippings, a strip of bacon, two sausages, a blood pudding, and half a loaf ? of bread still warm from the oven. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Other times it would raise itself, uncoiling to look into bushes for eggs and birds on the nest. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Or to the top of a tall Florida pine where a vast pile of twigs and sticks in ordered disorder holds three large white eggs, cold and lifeless. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Warmer than feathers, the bare skin would raise the eggs to seventy degrees Fahrenheit. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z There were frogs’ legs, eggs, and turtle soup on my table. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The women were boiling eggs, roasting meat, preparing cakes, sewing backpacks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, Dari, where are their/aces? How will we know what the eggs are feeling?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Today it was three brown eggs boiled hard, with fried bread and ham steak and a bowl of wrinkled plums. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then he asked for fried eggs on toast. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared down at his eggs and bacon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “How am I supposed to collect eggs with a hole in the basket?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the dining hall and had a late breakfast of tea and soft-boiled eggs, the first thing I’d eaten since Thursday. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Maybe I was running as fast as I could around the fountain and through the town square with a bag of eggs to deliver to the Doctorita. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Have bacon and eggs for breakfast, go to a real school. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Give me some pancakes,” said Bryce, “and some eggs and I want steak, too. I want a big old steak. And some toast. And some coffee.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Like if I didn’t get my eggs eat real fast, they was going to fly off the plate. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The bacon grease was still hot, and the eggs began frying up pretty quick. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Actually, the gonads,” adds Coach, “where it breeds eggs.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Once the eggs were finished, she put a plate and a large glass of ice water in front of him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We sat at a picnic table on the banks of the lake, just Baba and me, eating boiled eggs with kofta sandwiches—meatballs and pickles wrapped in naan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We’re only still scraping by with what Mrs. Fowles gave us off their boat, plus some eggs, because thank goodness Mama Mwanza brought us over two laying hens after the ants ate up ours. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There remained plenty of milk, cheese, and eggs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then I remembered I had forgotten to include a can in which to boil my eggs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to the tray of glistening pink eggs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And I bake every Saturday, and Shad brings fish on Friday, and they’s a pork barrel full of meal, and we float eggs in a crock of vinegar...” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But Yossarian still didn’t understand either how Milo could buy eggs in Malta for seven cents apiece and sell them at a profit in Pianosa for five cents. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And Muff pressed them to take half of the eggs each day, which helped stretch the groceries. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I have brought apples and eggs. I can also offer a lovely honey wine.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Tallmadge tells about “a country girl,” sent into Philadelphia supposedly to sell eggs but told to “obtain some information respecting the enemy.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He drove iron stakes into the ground to fortify the chicken coop against future mink attacks and treasured the few eggs he gathered every morning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “All they can do, really, is lay unfertilized drone eggs. They’ll fill up the combs with them, and as the workers naturally die off, there are none to replace them.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been a snapper that came up in the night when he heard the noise that awakened him; she must have come then and laid the eggs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I shake hot sauce on my eggs and pass Daddy the bottle. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Napoleon had accepted, through Whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Think of all the alligators and snakes, not to mention heat worse than we had here, and people had been known to fry not just eggs but bacon and sausage on South Carolina sidewalks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The air became intolerably hot, permeated with a smell like rotten eggs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mama took a pencil and marked thirteen eggs with X. We kept those in the nest, and when the hens laid fresh ones, we took those for eating. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Roving bands of white toughs trailed the protesters, throwing eggs at them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She used her beak to push her eggs around just right. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Once, when he told the guard who brought him his breakfast that his soft-boiled eggs were really hard-boiled and that he wanted an additional egg, they got into a scuffle. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Instead, we began going to another site at the other end of the veld, where a chicken factory, Sunnyside, dumped loads of dead, diseased chickens, and rejected eggs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re still pretty good layers. We get eight or ten dozen eggs off them every day and sell what we don’t eat to the Cowgills.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When the hash browns were done, she scrambled a few eggs in the pan and spread the cooked food across two plates. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Shirley’s talking so much she’s barely eating, and I’m thinking how cold her eggs, bacon, and cheesy grits are going to be. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I just wanted to drop the eggs and see which ones survived and get back to being okay. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I don’t want to bother my parents because they have enough to worry about, but I’m so hungry and tired of eating nothing but tortillas and eggs. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My mom makes scrambled eggs with bacon and cheese. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Hideo turns his back and keeps setting out the other eggs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Those aren’t bird eggs!” she told us, trying to catch her breath. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Nana had dumped two fried eggs, three strips of bacon, and hash browns at the bottom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I didn’t realize how hungry I’d been until I wolfed down three eggs and a loaf of bread in under five minutes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Around his neck he wore a medal of honor; in his mouth he held a sac of spider’s eggs. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Cereal and milk, toast, bacon, fried eggs—the smells of breakfast seemed to hang over the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z A farmer from whom I bought eggs and home-smoked bacon told me of the advantages. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The farmer’s wife who sells me milk asks how two girls could possibly drink so much, and I get almost the same question from the grocer who sells me the eggs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And on the under side of the leaf of the potato vine are the bright orange eggs of the potato bug. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “The secret of good scrambled eggs,” he tells me, “is very low heat.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The constable in the village was a kindly man with a waxed mustache whose wife kept hens and delivered fresh eggs on her bicycle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Well, it didn’t look like eggs when it was on that other guy’s plate.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Liam’s mom always makes food just right: the pancakes are the size of silver dollars, the eggs are soft-scrambled, the bacon crispy. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The sluggers could be blasting me with deadly radiation or stuffing me hill of slugger eggs just to see what happens. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The first occurs when sperm and eggs are generated for reproduction. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A pleasant young Negro woman took my order and fixed my breakfast: eggs, grits, bread and coffee—forty-nine cents—no butter and no napkin. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We had bacon and eggs with their parents, and everyone made small talk. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z When they were all mixed together, he slowly added a bowl of eggs he’d already cracked. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Always on the day when Doug ate six eggs for breakfast, he ran around and around a big track and people clapped and gave him a shiny medal. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She went back behind another sheet curtain and came out with two eggs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I could not remember the last time I had tasted bacon and eggs, and I was ravenous. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The loudly buzzing syrphid fly, often mistaken for a bee, lays its eggs on leaves of aphis-infested plants; the hatching larvae then consume immense numbers of aphids. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He was backing away when Frightful lit on the girder and, putting one foot in front of the other, ran to the eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I wonder where it finds the water for its eggs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The carriages rolled past Sitting Bull’s Cabin, the Lapland Village, the compound of the allegedly cannibalistic Dahomans, and, directly opposite, the California Ostrich Farm, redolent of simmering butter and eggs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He stuffs his face with fried fish and eggs—that’s the Fish Hut’s breakfast special. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The old man behind the counter scrambled us some eggs. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Olanna sat on a stool and carefully avoided looking at the cockroach eggs, smooth black capsules, lodged in all corners of the table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She smelled like rotten eggs, and she was so mad that blue sparks flickered on her armor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z About fifty-five days after being laid, the eggs hatch. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why isn’t the bird sitting on her eggs?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z This, we decided, would be our secret hiding place for sweets and other small treasures such as conkers and monkey-nuts and birds’ eggs. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She cracked the eggs on his stomach and massaged him gently with them. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z After a moment she added, "Please, bring me one of the dragon's eggs." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A plateful of hot eggs and a slice of ham. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Quail eggs are such a delicacy. Ten brass KJs apiece. Olive, there are fifty at least.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “The mom is fidgety like a hen hatching eggs.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Garvey ignored the question as he laid out salt, flour, eggs, baking soda, a bottle of water, sugar, butter, and molasses. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Papers are stacked on the table where paratha and eggs usually wait for me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z All they knew was that they were losing meat out of their smokehouses, eggs out of their hens’ nests, and sometimes even whole pans of corn- bread that the womenfolks had set out to cool. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles placed seven eggs on top of the warming oven and built his fire carefully of small pieces of kindling until it burned fiercely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I am filled with sudden loathing—I’ll bet he’s never taken payment in the form of beans and eggs in his life. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Ivan didn’t say anything to them as he dove for the food, cramming meat patties, boiled eggs, and fried, flat cakes into his mouth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Rowan tried to be more practical, picking out staples like eggs, flour, and various proteins and side dishes to go with them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Lorraine inquired, which was a little uncalled-for since all you had to do was look at the tray, and you could tell it was the usual rubbery eggs you always get in a hospital. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z They serve eggs and salami and some sort of flat-looking bread. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z After doing this three times, she flipped him over on his back and asked Mama to bring her three eggs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At least we thought those were the last eggs. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z When she came around the stove, she had put birthday candles into the eggs, the toast, the grits, and lit them all. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Even better was the meal of fried eggs, toasted bread, and a fruit compote of pears and apples topped with strawberries and cream. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She cracked a couple of eggs into a yellow bowl and started whisking in milk, then cornmeal. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Many weeks later, the judge had collected a room full of golden eggs—the door to the room was locked with a special key only he carried. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The smell of cigarette smoke and fried eggs greeted me, and I sauntered into the kitchen like I’d come from my bedroom, still bleary-eyed and sleepy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Yet I did want to go down as usual, get my eggs and milk and do my work. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z When someone hurled raw eggs at her, she wiped away the gooey mess and said that the “seeds of truth” in her words could not be so easily removed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Are you telling me these chickens lay exploding eggs?I” he said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I planted my knees in front of the toilet just as my eggs and toast came back up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We gossiped as we cooked small eggs and sweet potatoes on top of the houlu just to enjoy their smell. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He thanked the Lord for nearly everything under the sun, including the deviled eggs on the plate in front of him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Some of the eggs are huge and extra deli- cious, with two yolks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We caught and cooked some turtles and ate their flesh and their eggs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Things that had lain inside me, curled up like the turtle hatchlings newly emerged from their eggs, taking time in the dark of their nest to unfurl themselves. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I had to clean up after Sam while Lynn made us breakfast: what we called brown eggs, made by scrambling eggs with shoyu and sugar. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Pop Pop’s made a spread: biscuits and gravy, bacon, eggs, and sweet tea. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The sexers worked for twelve hours in a row, and then they slept while a new batch of eggs warmed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Er, no, actually, too many eggs could increase your cholesterol, Baba.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Day 1: two hardboiled eggs, one steak, one tomato, spinach, lettuce with lemon and olive oil. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Flies with heads and tails make eggs with heads and tails, which make embryos with heads and tails, which grow into flies with heads and tails, and so forth, ad infinitum. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Someday, maybe I can cook him some eggs from my own chicken. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z My mother liked to look at the ducks and plan how she would dig a pond for them near the sweet potato field and arrange straw for their eggs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My brothers still tease me about the Stilton scrambled eggs I made, and that was weeks ago. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The kitchen filled up with the odors of fried bacon, eggs frying in bacon grease, toast in the oven, coffee, and grits bubbling in the pot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Occamy is aggressive to all who approach it, particularly in defence of its eggs, whose shells are made of the purest, softest silver. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well”—the Doctorita shrugs—“either way, she’s definitely becoming a teenager, the way she primps in front of a mirror for an hour before she goes out. Even to buy a bag of eggs!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Because it is a female and lays eggs, a chicken is masculine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Lunch turned out to be a massive affair, with a thick soup, fresh rye bread, onion rolls, bagels, cream cheese, scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, and chocolate pudding. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Every day no matter what, Mom’d get up and make biscuits, grits, and sausage, bacon, eggs, or ham. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Here’s how Gracie Allen might have talked about a souffle recipe, for instance: It is possible to make this souffle with four eggs instead ofeight. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What treasure? Lots of geese on Penikese but none of them laying golden eggs.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The ham and eggs were in a round dish—the ham underneath and the eggs on top. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “How can you think about eggs at a time like this?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They found her on the carpet, crawling toward her dragon eggs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A tali was brought out piled with boiled ducks’ eggs, crisply fried pooris, dal, rice, curries, chapatis, mango chutney, and many kinds of sweets. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Mama shows everyone how to coat them with eggs and breadcrumbs, then fry them in a shallow pan with a little oil. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z All over the house red eggs gleam in lengthening, solstice rays. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then they threw eggs and began slaughtering our stock. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad cracks open the eggs, pours the milk and pancake mix. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z A doctor, James Alonzo Gannon, then shoved a hard feeding tube down their throats and poured in a concoction of two raw eggs mixed with a pint of ice-cold milk. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z That’s the only reason I can think of for why Adria and I submerged this squished turtle in water in the very same pet shop container we’d used to save the bird eggs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Finally, they stopped and she offered them cheese and eggs, my favorite. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured the bird keeper digging up the whole island, one plug at a time, while the terns and the plovers swooped around his head, fearful for their eggs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Mom and Connor come join us at our table, where I am now nibbling along the edge of my Danish, while Jack shovels scrambled eggs into his mouth like his life depends on it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I think I’m going to make some scrambled eggs,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I wonder if there is something, some food or herb or medicine, that I can bring him that will heal him this time the way the eggs and meat and wine healed him before. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Bill and I sat in the down-stairs dining-room and ate some hard-boiled eggs and drank several bottles of beer. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Let’s save them so the babies can hatch,” I said, reaching down to pick up one of the good blue eggs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mama asked the woman as she packed her eggs up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My mom made blue waffles and blue eggs for breakfast. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Us boys used to rob the nest of its bluish-white eggs and blow out the insides. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Neumann Two sits with his legs spread and eats eggs one after another, piling the shells into a tower inside his upturned cap. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I scoop the Spam into a serving bowl and add two eggs and seasoning salt, and I chop up the last few pieces of old bread we have. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Silly, you don't put banty eggs in a gold cup,” the oldest one said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, when Biddy asleep, I went outside and buried them eggs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Fix me some fried eggs once over light, bacon, toast and honey, and some yellow grits.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If I cracked an egg over it, I could have shaken scrambled eggs out of my curls. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And it was weird at first, especially since the inside of the fried crab looked like scrambled eggs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z So we went to pick up eggs, and Dad got distracted pretty fast, asking all these questions about the egg drop, etc., etc., etc. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Why were you talking about eggs and potatoes?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The hens and dibby ducks clucked with annoyance as I gathered their smooth, warm eggs. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But anyway, I tried to stomach down some eggs while Mom and Dad enjoyed these homemade versions of Egg McMuffins they liked. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z While I was thinking that statement over, it went on to say that “people eat grasshoppers, hairless caterpillars, ant eggs, and termites.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They spurted hundreds of scattered bullets before dark balls rolled out from underneath, as if the planes were laying large eggs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I open the door to the fridge: milk, butter, mayonnaise, bread, eggs, hot dogs. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “It’s okay, Dari. You can be the cleanup man. Plus, it’s probably the most dangerous job of all—because if anyone catches you, you’ll be standing there with a pile of eggs.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He went into the bar to find some matches, and when he came back she was dipping her dirty finger in the bowl of beaten eggs and licking it greedily. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax ate steadily, until finally, seven eggs swelling his shrunken belly taut, he dropped to the sandy apron in front of the dens and closed his eyes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He did not eat meat, milk, or eggs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh! I love eggs! Can I eat it?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She rummaged through the kitchen cutlery while he broke six eggs into a bowl and whisked them with a fork. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Only after the eggs were split open, revealing moist reddish-yellow centers, did she return to her story. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She found three fresh eggs and hightailed it back to the warmth of the house. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z All up and down the coastline, female turtles come out of the ocean and paddle their way across the sand, dig a hole, and lay eggs—about a hundred at a time. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I rub my eyes sleepily, clicking on another video, my half-eaten tray of eggs and bacon sitting cold on the table next to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “What’s this got to do with the price of eggs in China, and you know exactly what I mean.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “A little one, that lives in oak trees, and eats wasps and worms and sparrows’ eggs—it grows no greater than this. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, I knew it was stupid, but I felt kind of bad for scrambled eggs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z While they tucked into porridge and eggs and bacon, Harry and Ron told Hermione about their embarrassing conversation with Hagrid the previous evening. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The fig is as tall as Axel, while some plants in the space are as tiny as eggs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And while the chickens are nibbling on the grasses, they add a few thousand pounds of nitrogen to the pasture with their own droppings— and produce several thousand rich and tasty eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “She said she’s not letting us have cereal before school this year. It has to be oatmeal or eggs or something like that.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “Do what you will. Devan, food. Boiled eggs and lemon water.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Rowan pulled Theon away from the northmen praying before the tree, to a secluded spot back by the barracks wall, beside a pool of warm mud that stank of rotten eggs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When we were done, our brothers would hide twelve eggs for Adria and twelve for me to find on Easter Sunday. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I might be able to get a gig in Antarctica, keeping the eggs warm for the penguin dads, but that’s about it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z A tall boy with blond hair was throwing eggs at a small white house on the corner. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Some cocoons were allowed to hatch into white silk moths, which would produce eggs and continue the cycle. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Big Ma was beating the yolkiness out of the few eggs our hens managed to lay. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z More than eggs, more than knowledge, more than anything this was food. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent low from the waist and whispered in her ear, ‘Chef sends his apologies, Your Majesty, and he says he has no more eggs in the kitchen.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z No pork, either—no pork chops with potato salad, no bacon and eggs, forget all that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I got up early, met by the sweet smell of bacon and eggs, neither of which are actually sweet-smelling, but you know what I mean. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z There was a little clutch of boiled eggs as well, in their own special heater, and porridge, in a silver porringer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z 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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z And you hens, how many eggs have you laid in this last year, and how ihany of those eggs ever hatched into chickens? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There were slices of boiled yam, like lunch, but then a plate of fried eggs, too, more like breakfast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want that first, or shall I do another bandage? l can do whichever you want. And there’s eggs in the cold cabinet, but I can’t find any baked beans.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If I bought a hot dog on the street, I'd have to make up that money by eating eggs for dinner or walking fifty blocks to the library rather than taking the subway. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I ate whatever Mama put in front of me—grits or eggs, I don’t even remember. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He sits at the kitchen table, pushing aside the pulled-apart toaster, and wolfs the eggs down. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Once I sneaked into the hen house and took eggs, but the chickens were scared, thinking from my approach at night that I was a weasel or a fox. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I doubted Mrs. could cook like Big Ma, but I knew she could scramble some eggs and fry bacon without burning them. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Long feathers that had developed around her brood patch dropped around the eggs like a down comforter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The santero leads the goat over the offerings and quickly pierces its neck with a butcher knife, directing the stream of blood onto the clay eggs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the fields, around the house, in the barn, in the woods, in the swamp—everywhere love and songs and nests and eggs. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He took a short bath, just to lose the smell of rotten eggs that clung to him from the dripping tunnel, and fell into bed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We sat and ate the eggs and I watched Belmonte and the people at his table. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They have their breakfast in aluminum take-out trays that contain eggs, sausages, and potatoes. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve had a damp spring. I’ve sprayed them twice, but to get the eggs off it’s best to wash them by hand.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I also took a dozen of the eggs I’d helped gather Thursday evening. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The old woman stopped to count the number of eggs, her lips lightly moving. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “We need a rooster to turn eggs to chicks. Tell her, daughter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Brother Khoi is mad at Mother for taking his hen’s eggs. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I had some hot chocolate and then ordered some eggs and potatoes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely, they would come before he could eat all the eggs at one a day. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hellhound—a black mastiff with its front paws up on the buffet line and its muzzle buried in the scrambled eggs. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t let colored folks in libraries, baby. Now go fetch some eggs for your mama so I can start this cornbread.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Francesca discussed the broken eggs with Sandy and Max, while Lewis and Clark wove around her legs. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Inside, his mom is making pancakes, eggs, bacon, and fresh fruit. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Will often go broody; excellent for raising chicks from fertile eggs. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z There was a tradition back then of serving every Marine a T-bone steak, eggs and biscuits with lots of gravy, and as much coffee as he could drink before getting onto his landing craft. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few days she would have to drop everything and build the beautiful little sac that would hold her eggs. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z In the same way, I like to imagine my brother and me, floating together since the world’s beginning on our raft of eggs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It’s up to me to repay the team, justify my food and keep, like a queen ant with eggs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Fraternal twins come from two totally separate eggs, and the differences between us were obvious: I got all the scientific genes, and Harry got all the artistic genes. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It hung heavy, hung green like the green of Easter eggs left too long in the dye. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched as those eggs exploded, thick globs of yolk soaking into the soil. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dari, Twig, and I stayed late after school yesterday, gluing and rearranging and cracking a whole bunch of eggs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Maybe we wouldn’t be able to test the eggs at all. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Killdeer ran around in all the fields, screeching, whistling, trying to lead you away from their eggs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a tantrum whenever he saw any of the peasants giving their children only bread and feeding milk and eggs to the pigs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She fixed me breakfast—scrambled eggs and Cream of Wheat—and fed me, one spoonful at a time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z In it I put six eggs, some leftover corn bread, a little salt, and a few matches. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I hand her the eggs and take a step back, in case she tries to smack me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You go on back to sleep if you want, Ob. I’ll put some coffee on the stove. And I’ll fix you some eggs and cocoa when you get up.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z When it was nearly four o’clock, a slender boy in blue jeans from the Southwest team sauntered over to Kyle, Akimi, Sierra, and Miguel, who were slumped in beanbag chairs resembling dinosaur eggs. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Nor did he miss the eggs Johnny had eaten. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I took my time placing the eggs I’d gathered into a large bowl. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z If the part nearer the verb is singular, the verb is singular: Neither the eggs nor the milk was fresh. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Small birds, with a high-pitched yelp, lay eggs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell Miss Leefolt ever time she have the bridge club and she make me do them eggs anyways. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When he left in November, Eva had $1.65, five eggs, three beets and no idea of what or how to feel. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Did the eggs of the birds, like those of the laboratory frogs, stop developing simply because they lacked enough of the common currency of energy — the ATP molecules — to complete their development? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She came back with a box of pancake mix, eggs, and a small carton of milk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He stood away from the eggs for a moment, literally stood and turned away so that he could not see them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t I eat hens’ eggs and river trout and venison? Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There were big white eggs, not at all like the small round ones our hens gave us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Hazel has developed an issue with the ghettoization of scrambled eggs,” Mom said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I’m telling you about bacon and eggs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z "Don't be late, Sophie," my mom said into the phone, dishing out the eggs. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He filled up on pancakes, eggs, bacon, waffles, apples, and several glasses of orange juice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Baxter took a few of the eggs and cracked them into a large bowl. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He says all the nourishment of a potato is in the skin and Mam says it’s a good thing he’s not eating eggs, he’d be chewing the shells and all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I scoop more eggs onto his plate, keeping as far from him as possible. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the one who had taken her eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Leon said again, a wicked whisper that spilled into Archie’s face the foul aftertaste of Leon’s breakfast—the smell of stale bacon and eggs. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Breakfast in the park consisted of the final two tortillas and eggs and the last of the water. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Fwooper has long been a provider of fancy quills and also lays brilliantly patterned eggs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At least there were eggs this morning, and none broken. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was the first year nobody was interested in hiding any eggs. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I slip the two eggs I boiled the night before when I was making supper into my coat pocket. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Cordelia’s family does not eat boiled eggs mushed up in a bowl but out of egg cups. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z With the flour and oil she got from trading eggs, Miss Maggie baked bread that made me happier than if I’d had cake, which I tasted only once in a blue moon. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He sits, so I sit next to him, and scoop some of the eggs into my mouth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Go in the coop and get a dozen eggs.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I collected three eggs in the chicken house and returned for breakfast. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I know they'll both be there, because this is a work day, a school day, and on such a day in the Phillips house, eggs and toast hit the heat at seven-fifteen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Moms hooks up these huge pots of pasta with meat sauce, or she’ll scramble eggs with potatoes and chorizo, like my grams showed her, roll everything in flour tortillas. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He transferred all die eggs from die small beach into the shelter, reburying them near his sleeping area. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z There are two eggs and half a cup of milk left for breakfast. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “The State Quiz Bowl competition is first thing Wednesday,” she said between bites of eggs Benedict. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Only seven weeks after the releases were started, all eggs were infertile. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Around noon the peregrine eggs reached seventy degrees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I brought groceries from the store; twice he came to the back door as I was leaving the eggs and asked for specific things—he had run out of salt; he needed cooking oil. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “This could very well be the people who left her behind. And they sound like they’ve got scrambled eggs for brains. Now try not to make any noises, would ya?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Here y’are,” she said, and held out a plate with a fork and two fried eggs on it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Why don’t they look for eggs in Sicily?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She makes sure I don’t bother her eggs none. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Chacko lifted the fried eggs onto the toast, broke the brilliant, wobbling yokes and spread them over the strawberry jam with the back of his teaspoon. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can have us some deviled eggs and tuner-fish sandwiches right here in the kitchen, Comfort,” he went on. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The next morning he hid Jenny’s sandwiches inside his coat, and at the barn he picked up a few eggs from the nests up in the loft. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’ll get started on our breakfast. Bacon and eggs okay with you?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She was bustling between the pans and the fridge, bringing out eggs and cheeses, butter and a slab of sliced pink bacon. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Izzie and I eat our eggs and toast quickly, so we can run outside and play. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z No more doling out eggs as if they were pearls! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah. It makes more sense. You can move the old eggs out of the way and clear the space for the next drop.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z With eggs and rich cream, I made a liquid. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Calves came from cows and birds hatched from eggs, but insects? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There the insect feeds on blood and lays eggs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d tended to Shiloh first, taking a fistful of scrambled eggs left over from breakfast, a bit of bacon, and a half slice of whole wheat toast that I stuck in my jeans pocket. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Any wizard realising that one or more Ashwinders are loose in the house must trace them immediately and locate the nest of eggs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yesterday, I bought eggs at a human grocery store. The cashier asked me if I wanted them in a separate bag. I told her, ‘No! Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I paint her in a new skin tone, the color of freshly laid eggs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “They tried to move the eggs to another site this morning.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Runt was gone, but in a few moments he came back, two more eggs held carefully in his mouth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Scrambled eggs and sausage and toast with raspberry jam, that’s what my stomach wants. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I fill a pot of water and add in five eggs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “But the eggs kept breaking. We probably need help.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When he and Linda first moved to Milagro he bought a fiber glass fly rod and some salmon eggs, and that had been one way to work the tension from his system. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “For instance, you had orange juice, boiled eggs, toast and jam, and milk for breakfast,” he said, turning to Milo. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “This is a place for picnics, with lunch beside the brook and hard-boiled eggs.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Hanako would take out ten flats of thirty eggs—one by one, so as not to break any—and place them near the grill. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In the middle, the Leader sat complacently, laying eggs, attending to the broadcasts, issuing directions or commanding executions, surrounded by a sea of adulation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Down two flights our neighbor on the second floor has her apartment door open and the smell of eggs and bacon frying in the skillet on the stove makes my stomach growl. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He knows immigrants drink from the trough, although the water smells like rotten eggs and is laced with green scum. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And then, without any word or warning, she swept her arm along the windowsill and pushed all the eggs out at once. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When Will Hamilton raised chickens and his hens began to lay, the price of eggs went up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A group of men were caught bringing liquor in over the Canadian border in cartons of eggs. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Scrambled?” his father asked, holding up the pan where the eggs were cooking. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I move over to Miss Skeeter, but she wrinkle her nose up at me and say, “No, thanks,” cause she don’t eat no eggs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly, with resolve: “I’ll bring my silkworm box. And some eggs. So we can make money.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was loaded with bullets the size of robins’ eggs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If you accidentally stepped in a pile of chicken droppings while collecting eggs one morning, what would you do? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “And I broke all the eggs in our house,” I said. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I wait next door for Mr. Hannon to come out with his bicycle and there’s a lovely smell of rashers and eggs coming through the window. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Rhonda appeared with a tray of wheat toast, eggs, and fruit. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The three of us stayed real quiet because we thought the turtle might be coming ashore to lay her eggs, although usually they waited until dark. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Men brawl over jobs outside the Zollverein gates, and chicken eggs sell for two million reichsmarks apiece, and rheumatic fever stalks Children’s House like a wolf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Moments later wheeled carts arrive, chock-full of pastries, eggs cooked in every way, grilled meat, petit-pancakes with sugar dust, and bowls of colorful fruit. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “All of the eggs broke,” he informed us, holding out the remains. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She knew how to coax milk and gather eggs and bake bread and fashion inventions and build contraptions and grow plants and press cheese and simmer a stew to nourish the mind and the soul. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I don’t want a single one of those eggs harmed.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z After a tasty breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast, made by Mom, and tea and hot cocoa with marshmallows, made by Dad, I headed back to my room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then she lifted the eggs from the wash basin and began to peel them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z That was how Naomi and the twins started feeding Muff’s chickens and gathering eggs from her coop. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, the eggs I'd left him were untouched in their bowl, the tea bag dry in the cup. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There’s something amazing about any souffle, how a half dozen eggs flavored by nothing more than sugar and chocolate can turn into something so air-like. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Sage is allergic to eggs, dummy. That’s why there’s a sign on the door.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I saw him at the library yesterday, and he said fresh eggs are his favorite food, but he’s never had migas. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Canned peas, tomatoes, butter, condensed milk, powdered eggs, sugar, flour, vodka, whiskey. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There was one small icebox that held milk, butter, eggs and cold cuts in plastic packaging. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s New Year’s Eve and Mami is making a big flan with a dozen eggs for a midnight treat. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “This. Fresh eggs. Toast. Coffee. This valley. You, all by yourself. You are all by yourself?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She lets me break the eggs into the mix and we make a nice stack of pancakes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I went upstairs and got myself a cup of coffee and a couple of soft-boiled eggs, which I ate alone at a table near a window in the empty main dining room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When they opened the incubators, we got to look in and see hundreds of thousands of white eggs. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Next to the bamboo stick is a bowl of rice and some salted eggs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, after they’d eaten a lunch of boiled eggs and potatoes with bread, Tariq napped beneath a tree on the banks of a gurgling stream. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We have only a month until the egg drop competition—less, if you consider the holidays—so we need to get going with testing our eggs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “There were eight eggs but one egg didn’t hatch and the goose told Templeton she didn’t want it any more, so he took it away.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The agony of wonder made the fuzzy seats hard, soured the boiled eggs, and when I looked at Momma she seemed too big and too black and very old- fashioned. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Hatching from their black eggs, they detected the dry, indoor air and the false sun of the lightbulbs, and began to shrivel up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And what about the chickens, the eggs, the milk, the garden? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I felt better seeing everybody else’s eggs, and when Charlaine and the other judges started setting up, Twig, Dari, and I abandoned our parents and walked around the room to get a closer look. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Departing from Goedart’s example, she also included eggs, declaring boldly that eggs were the source of every caterpillar despite widespread public belief in spontaneous generation of insects. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He stayed below to announce the status of dropped eggs: Cracked or Not Cracked. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I decided that eggs and milk can be gotten from animals without hurting or killing them—or so, at least, I thought. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Not only did the adults prefer the nectar from certain kinds of flowers, but they laid eggs only on certain plants. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The eggs have cowrie-shell eyes and mouths, and soak in an elixir of herbs and holy water. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll still be there tomorrow,” I replied, cracking two eggs into a skillet. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Jay went to feed the chickens and get a few eggs, and Doc went to dig the vegetables out of the ground: sweet potatoes, mustard greens, onions. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I have a weakness for fresh eggs,” Major de Coverley confessed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He broke the eggs but burned the omelette. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, no. Odilia just came over to pick up some money for eggs,” Mamá assured her boss, quickly switching to English. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z If they were stationed near a village, they could exchange soldier’s luxuries such as tobacco, cigarettes, and sugar for milk and eggs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The cow will go in the fridge—top compartment in the door, where you’re supposed to put eggs but never do. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The waitress returns and places the soup and two uncooked eggs in front of us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z One day last winter I was hunting the eggs. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z He slept in a good house on Mars Avenue, rose mornings at nine, bathed, and idled to town for ham and eggs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z No, I do not like green eggs and ham. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Sure enough, they had come back in, and there were three fresh eggs in the hen house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He dieted on eggs and cottage cheese three or four times a year. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s such a manager of fowls, you have no idea. You shall have some eggs, and judge for yourself. I say, Mr. Pip!” calling me back, and speaking low. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Frankie watched me open the bottle and pour some of the red sauce next to the eggs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Working backward, I knew I wanted to make a dessert that would feature Polyface eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z An ideal night for a momma turtle to crawl up and lay her eggs, I thought. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I liked looking for eggs and going to Mass too. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I fixed myself some eggs and ate them out of the pan, without bread because I didn’t have any left and I didn’t feel like going downstairs to buy some. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z So we merely look at them, watching the ants hiding their pill-shaped eggs in panic, the snakes pouring themselves into darkness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Art introduced himself and presented the chef with a dozen eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But she look like she did when she looked at those cold duck eggs Mama Duck left behind. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z School was canceled while they aired out the building that day, but it still smelled like rotten eggs for an entire week. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “There’s a whole lot of Jesus here,” Lily said, pulling a carton of eggs from the refrigerator. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I did not get the free basket with candy eggs or a photo with the fake rabbit. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Frank asks, pushing against the eggs with his spatula. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Have you ever had the science of exactly what happens during the process of making scrambled eggs explained to you, in great detail? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Pancakes, toast, eggs, fruit: we watch the kids eat happily, sing songs about how proud they are to be Black. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z She handed him a plate full of scrambled eggs and bacon. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I glanced down at my basket of eggs. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Both Harry’s and Ron’s were the size of dragon eggs and full of homemade toffee. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Once frozen, these eggs are of great value for use in Love Potions and may be eaten whole as a cure for ague. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He feels selling his eggs or chickens in a chain supermarket supports the industrial food industry, the very thing he is trying to get away from. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As I watched Mom dish eggs and Soyrizo onto two plates, I thought about the family tree assignment for Spanish class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Any place nearby where I can buy some eggs?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Pattie always bought chicken feet from the man who sold organic eggs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She arranged my sausages to flank the eggs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A great many citizens felt such measures were harsh and unfair, especially after being fined when mosquito eggs were found on their property. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The smell of Wynn cooking up a heap of bacon and eggs wafted through the air when I entered the kitchen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Scrambled eggs and bacon coming up!” she said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z On Thursday, when Hannah brought Eva her fried tomatoes and soft scrambled eggs with the white left out for good luck, she mentioned her dream of the wedding in the red dress. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Look what good can come from cracked eggs! The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I helped Phil pour the eggs, water, and flour into a machine, then hang the strands on a rotating stand he had built. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “What do you want? Flam and eggs or eggs with cheese?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I drank my orange juice and coffee, but I couldn’t do nothing with them eggs but stir ’em ’round my plate. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He hadn’t realized how hungry he was until he smelled the eggs. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Miles’s eyes glazed as they roamed over the scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, and orange juice on the table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Many of us gave him some of our share of eggs and meat, and so he has been eating well for days. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The Ashwinder fives for only an hour and during that time seeks a dark and secluded spot in which to lay its eggs, after which it will collapse into dust. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Since we'll be on Everest on Easter, I brought four wrapped chocolate eggs. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Turtle eggs are a gourmet feast to birds, big fish, and especially raccoons. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z When the red cement floor was laid, the egg whites from nearly nine hundred eggs went into it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I joined Neil and Buzz and a couple of friends for the astronaut’s traditional launch-day breakfast of steak and eggs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had got some hay in the basket and was hunting eggs under the hen roost. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, but no good mother will let us near her eggs.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When he breathes through his open mouth, I can smell the night scum coating his tongue and the sunny-side-up eggs he ate for breakfast. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Tobias made scrambled eggs, which, as it turns out, is a disgusting food.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In large bowl, whisk together butter, Elmer's Glue, paint thinner, and eggs. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They came back with new supplies, including fresh vegetables and fruit and eggs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Audience members—especially the men—hissed, shouted, and threw eggs at her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It makes sense that their meat, milk, and eggs would be better for us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Our plates are filled with golden-brown waffles, sunny-side up eggs, and clusters of grapes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A plate of eggs, a couple sausages, and some fried potatoes later, I felt I could begin to think rationally about my situation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One of my early Socratic victories came from a question driven by self-interest: “Why do we have to eat eggs for breakfast?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It seems early for that, but reveille sneaks up faster than Pop's wake-up call of scorched eggs and charred bacon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His breakfasts may have been a cardiologist’s nightmare—eggs, sausage, bacon, pastina with a poached egg—but he considered his marinara sauce to be healthy perfection: just garlic, oil, tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It was, in fact, the smell of bacon and eggs and mushrooms all frying in a pan. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z While she was quiet, Frightful stepped off the eggs and 426 stood over them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Mushrooms of every variety make me ill. I do enjoy quail eggs, however.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I had quite a large breakfast, for me--orange juice, bacon and eggs, toast and coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Large residues of DDT and other hydrocarbons have been found whenever looked for in the eggs of birds subjected to these chemicals, either experimentally or in the wild. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was a large bowl piled high with hot boiled eggs. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z And maybe we wouldn’t be allowed to drop the eggs on Monday. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The woman fills our water keg with fresh water, serves us hard-boiled eggs from her hens, and gives Dayah a loaf of her bread, wrapped in a clean cloth, for the road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He imagines himself in the farmhouse she’s described to him, waking up to eggs frying in a skillet, walking with her through snowy, abandoned fields. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And buttermilk biscuits and fried eggs over easy. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We’d have to watch the Meehans and everyone else parading around in their new clothes and staggering home with eggs and potatoes and sausages for Sunday and sailing off to the films on Saturday night. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You buy your eggs in Malta, not Sicily.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Why were there eggs and bread and milk in the first place? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Come evening there were sliced hams, boiled eggs, and roasted larks stuffed with garlic and onions, with pale ales and Myrish fire wines to help in their digestion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Stop him. Bring him here. Tell him he can have the dragon's eggs if that is what he wants." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z People took note of which states he visited, which diner he showed up at for breakfast, what kind of meat he ordered to go with his eggs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He showed her one spider with four sacks of eggs swinging right over his table where he could watch her while he ate. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “We have to make sure the queen has plenty of room to lay her eggs, or else we’ll get a swarm,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiller passed around tin plates, which Sairy heaped with eggs and bacon and warm biscuits. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Just in case,” she said, slipping in their simple food of rice wrapped up in leaves and salted boiled eggs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When these bedbugs were experimentally placed in cloth impregnated with DDT, they lived for as long as a month; they proceeded to lay their eggs; and the resulting young grew and thrived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They sit on the stomach like duck eggs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was going to be ham and eggs that evening, with fried potatoes if you were early and bread and butter if you weren’t. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z On awakening each one had the juice of forty oranges, eight quarts of coffee, and thirty raw eggs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She had laid four eggs, smaller and not as white as the ones our neighbor Doña Lola gave us from time to time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “This will be a racing level,” he says, picking a piece of date out of his eggs and popping it in his mouth. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I gathered gull eggs on the cliff and Ramo speared a string of small fish in one of the tide pools. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, beating eggs never makes the evening news. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evening we had the traditional Greek meal followed by a game in which we would toast one another with blood-colored eggs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There was even a sly old woman with a barrel full of threave eggs. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Eggs are just eggs, baby,” Ma Charles said, warm like Papa. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Mutti brings him two soft-boiled eggs in blue eggcups and a thick slice of rye toast. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z For example, for every dollar a consumer spends to buy eggs, forty cents finds its way back to the farmer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Now the hens were also awake, scratching, clucking, laying eggs. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “She must have brought the eggs back to temperature,” he said. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She sat calmly, a tent over her precious eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We collected eggs and then stopped at the well on the way back to the kitchen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On that July morning, her weekend bag already packed for Massachusetts, she was making scrambled eggs when the phone rang. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After fried eggs and coffee, they said their goodbyes to the others and headed off through the still-dark streets of Brooklyn. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Come, I’ll help you find enough eggs to satisfy the cook, and then we will talk together.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Once out, I boiled some eggs and left two in a bowl for him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The eggs and bacon were cold and greasy, but he didn’t notice it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom fetched a couple of eggs, one from under the cat, and he held the warm eggs against his cheek. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom made scrambled eggs, which I usually love, but she’d burned them. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter pleaded to let him have a few more eggs but Ma Charles sat up straight in the pine chair her father made, looking every bit as “onchee” as her sister. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I watched the eggs start to turn white. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I take the tray a devil eggs out to the dining room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Well, stop picking at me. How many eggs?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He turns the flame way down and stands there stirring the eggs in the pan forever, but when they finally cook, they’re delicious. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When that organism generated sperm or eggs, the alleles were split up again—one was passed to the sperm, and one to the egg, only to become combined in the next generation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His stomach tightened and rolled and made noise as he looked at the eggs, as if his stomach belonged to somebody else or had seen die eggs with its own eyes and was demanding food. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The eggs were runny, so that was a problem for her. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The colorful, tiny seeds look like miniature Easter eggs. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When we got home, after we got paid again and ate eggs and tortillas, I counted up our money and we had more than enough to pay back the Lighthouse. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Before Dad could stop me, I sprinted into our greenhouse, took the eggs out of the carton, one by one, and slammed them into the dead plants. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We went through six eggs before we even started the drop test. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z When he woke up, after eating sixteen raw eggs, he went directly to Catarino's store, where his monumental size provoked a panic of curiosity among the women. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Well,” she said, “can a dog lay eggs like a chicken?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Next he drank a whole cup of coffee before he even looked at his fried eggs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed the eggs without chewing and grabbed the glass of juice sitting on the table. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Daniela's eyes are a little sunken, like two finch's eggs in a nest, and her nose hooks left. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z If the part nearer the verb is plural, the verb is plural: Neither the milk nor the eggs were fresh. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Desdemona opened her silkworm box and unwrapped the white cloth to check on her eggs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They suddenly remembered they forgot to get eggs, or began chasing after a running child that didn’t actually exist. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Kaylee says, gobbling down two bites of eggs and a swig of juice. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He knew that these beetles come to dead bodies, on which they feed and lay their eggs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the frozen heat of his glance they tripped over doorsills and dropped the salt cellar into the yolks of their poached eggs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t really matter if the eggs broke, because we still had so much time to test them. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Johnson came over to where I was trying to down some scrambled eggs before the flying bugs got them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The shells of her eggs would be thin and eventually smash when she tried to incubate them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Every fiber of my body wanted that creamy cheese and those eggs and the ice cream that had already melted. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew about pickled herring but not pickled eggs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z An hour later the captain climbed down out of the rocket to get some ham and eggs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When baby turtles come out of their shells, which are round—about the same size as a golf ball—they are squinched up into a round shape that fits inside the eggs. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The only sounds in the kitchen belonged to the eggs frying on the stove and Nana whistling the Bunker theme song. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The hunger, always there, had been somewhat controlled and dormant when there was nothing to eat but with the eggs came the scream to eat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew eggs were kept in cool places, so I looked in iceboxes and basements. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We milked first—since cows don’t celebrate Christmas—and then came in to a breakfast of eggs and grapefruit and cherry babka and hot tea. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He’d used a drawing compass to outline them, so they looked more like happy polka dots than like eggs—but they were perfect if you asked me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Zack is sitting at the kitchen table eating scrambled eggs when I walk in the back door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I added hard-boiled eggs and apples and dill pickle slices. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, she and Salvador ate more eggs and tortillas and drank some of the water in the bottle. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The females of this species lay their eggs in any open wound of a warm-blooded animal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She wants the fattest chicken they can find, a sack of rice, two onions, six brown eggs, and a refill of lard. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We gladly rested in the shade while she unpacked hard-boiled eggs and made sandwiches for us. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When he dumped ketchup on his eggs, I asked, “Why are you doing that?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I would eat pumpkin spice scrambled eggs in the middle of October. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Fried chicken and boiled ham, baked sweet potatoes, peach pickles, big buttermilk biscuits, cookies, cakes, apples, boiled eggs, I don’t know what all. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He found that baby geese, when they hatch from their eggs, learn to follow the first moving object they see. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Something like French toast, if we had any eggs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We got powdered eggs and cold potatoes for breakfast. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The great right fielder A1 Kaline, who stopped in on his way to practice at Tiger Stadium, had autographed his own head shot: “To my pal Milt, great eggs!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Plover eggs in the sand look like stones,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Besides the farm store, Joel sells Polyface meat and eggs at farmers markets in the Washington, D.C., area. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She ate fluffy eggs and thinly sliced salmon and crescents of fresh melon, watching Curt and his mother, both blindingly golden-haired. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The purpose of such irrelevant details—the pewter plates, the glorious eggs—is to create what Roland Barthes called ‘the reality effect’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “But the task’s not till tonight!” said Harry, accidentally spilling scrambled eggs down his front, afraid he had mistaken the time. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He gave an order for eggs and coffee. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Virginia,” she says in a conspiratorial voice, “go to the store- house and tell Carlitos to give you some eggs. He can never say no to you.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We moved closer to investigate and found three blue eggs, two of them whole and the third one crushed and leaking yellow liquid, like a broken yolk. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He could make three dishes now — boiled rice, egg rice, and fried eggs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I made a scrape—an open box with a narrow strip of wood to keep the eggs from rolling out. I’ll put sand on the bottom.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We both got up every morning to a hot breakfast of eggs and grits and sausage. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z On the table there, polished now and plain, an ugly case would stand containing butterflies and moths, and another one with birds’ eggs, wrapped in cotton wool. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z On the board she placed olives and radishes and several eggs which she had roasted in the ashes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him he could have my eggs, all three. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The Syrian couple order Turkish coffee and eggs while we log on to a computer. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z And also all the eggs Twig and I had broken. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Right about now my emotions are like a big pan of scrambled eggs. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He counted out a dozen eggs, which he set gently in a cardboard carton. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She stuck close to Mr. Benedict until he had greeted everyone and taken his chair, after which she swooped upon the platter of toast and eggs, accidentally jostling Rhonda in the process. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I weeded our garden, sold eggs from our coop, took odd jobs when I could find them, did every chore they asked of me, and then some. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The smell of eggs and bacon wafts off the plate, a giant chocolate milk shake sitting on the tray next to it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Boiled eggs, fried bread, and beans. And a jug of wine. The worst wine in the cellar.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The next server slapped margarine on two bread squares, which he laid like a pyramid over the eggs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Over the eggs, I ask her, “Where did Gale go?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She and Dorothea hastily preserved caterpillars and reptiles in brandy and packed up live cocoons and lizard eggs in the hope these might hatch during the months at sea. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I thought about saying we oughta roast that duck and make omelets from the eggs, but sassy as Biddy done got, I figured she might stab me with her fork. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I know about ovipositors, for laying eggs, on leaves, on caterpillars, on the surface of the water; they’re right out on the page, clearly labeled, on the diagrams of insects my father corrects at home. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Yesterday’s meal had cleared his senses and fueled his muscles, but now the eggs were gone from his belly and the smells of the warming valley brought on a powerful hunger. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The moon shone through the trees as full and creamy yellow as the eggs Pax had eaten a week before. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then around four, when Becca’s mom called her to come home, the other three of us went to my house to check on the eggs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mohammad brings eggs and bread and cheese, and a mug of hot sweet tea. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z George would have to ride into one of their neighborhoods one of these nights and toss a few eggs. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ate a pound of doxy eggs for a bet.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Since I had my burlap feed sack already with me, I used it as a container, removing the four eggs first. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Liza sat with Cathy just enough to come to the conclusion that she was a sensible girl who didn’t talk very much or try to teach her grandmother to suck eggs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "No, not Birgit. She lived on for many years laying her brown eggs." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z We had eggs from our many chickens all year round. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Each morning at five thirty, six days a week, Mrs. Nielsen makes breakfast for her husband, usually fried eggs and toast, and he leaves for the store to open for the farmers at six. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There early every morning the farmers arrived from all over the surrounding countryside, with trucks full of tomatoes, corn, cabbages, potatoes, eggs, chickens, hams, food for the city. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I assume I am his enemy until I see a crow sneaking toward his nest intent upon eating the eggs. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A silver platter zoomed toward her and hit the wall to her left, splattering scrambled eggs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It’s a little too close to the reek of Dad burning chorizo and eggs on the weekend before we found out about the comet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I imagine climbing towering trees, spying on eggs and eaglets. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z We kept chickens for eggs, and our table was always full of good food. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The female Polistes wasp, taking shelter in a forgotten corner of some attic, carries in her body the fertilized eggs, the heritage on which the whole future of her colony depends. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Antonio,” my mother smiled and took the eggs and milk, “come and eat your breakfast.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like that, the room was filled with the wonderful smell of hot bacon grease and eggs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z All my plans were gonna go up in smoke the first night, over a plate of runny eggs. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Together they hunted chicken eggs in the low branches of the trees and the tall grasses of the prairie, but when they came to the beehives, everyone but Jinny and Joon hung back. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I lick the obituaries and the sad memorial poems, the sports pages, the market prices of eggs butter and bacon. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sam took the eggs up to the house and came back, and we fed the stock and watered them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped going to the egg-dumping site when, of all the eggs we dug up, something like 99 percent of them turned up dead embryos. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The farm offered omelets made from ostrich eggs, though in fact the eggs came from domestic chickens. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Or cereal. Or eggs. Or grits. You need some grits, Howard?” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z But when he glanced up, he saw Ygritte watching with eyes as wide and white as hen's eggs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He is under arrest, locked up on the Discovery, and his private store of wine, dried beef, eggs, oatmeal, and other good food has been shared equally among all of us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Hours later the stitches appear in slow motion, the needle a worm laying tiny eggs that sink into brown cloth. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I tear into the pancakes with the warm syrup, making sure to drip some on my eggs too. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z While the conditioner works its magic, we eat the breakfast feast Pop Pop prepared: T-bone steaks, cheese eggs, grits, coffee, and orange juice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You’re about to waste some perfectly good truffles on a bunch of cold eggs,” I say, before hurrying off down the hallway to finish our breakfast chat. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I wanted to talk to Coach in private, but he was writing in his playbook, probably making last-minute changes to our game plan while he ate his eggs. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He’d left enough eggs for us to gather and bring inside. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Fourteen hundred years later, the descendants of those first stolen eggs filled my grandmother’s silkworm box on the Giulia. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I can have a good laugh at my former self, remembering how my sisters and I nervously made our list of prospects: oranges, flour, even eggs! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Red Pollard went as long as a year eating nothing but eggs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know a worker bee could lay eggs,” I said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was going to ask for his money back until he discovered that people driving through town on their way back up to the city would pay a fortune for a dozen Easter-colored eggs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Lily grates cheese over a bowl of eggs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Only, it might take a few weeks to collect them all, and some of the eggs might have a little bit of sand in them.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z "He had planned to take your dragon's eggs, until I warned him that I'd cut off his hand if he so much as touched them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And so she finished eating her eggs and resolved to stop faking the American accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My grandpa used to say to be careful with eggs and words, because neither can ever be fixed. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Permitted volunteers were licensed to move a nest or dig out a nest after the eggs had hatched, but they had to be supervised by her. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z By the age of four, I collected the eggs and knew how to look for signs of raccoons and coyotes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we throw the eggs now, they’ll shoot us to ribbons.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Art explained that it was the grass diet that gave the eggs their color. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps the story was told to us through the waves of water while we were eggs or whispered to us by the roots of the lotus flowers. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Resolutely, Luke stuck his fork in the pile of scrambled eggs on his plate and took a bite. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I loved the breakfasts with pancakes, scrambled eggs, little bottles of juice, and sausage links. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand why you buy eggs for seven cents apiece in Malta and sell them for five cents.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Undeterred by his weight she fed the hens, gathered eggs, fetched water, then sat at the table stringing dried mushrooms. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A hen hopped off its roost, and Mandy collected three eggs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He found a can of cola and handed it to her before taking out a tray of eggs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, the judges would score the surviving eggs based on durability and bounce factor and aerodynamic design. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Taking off the apron as if we had real company, Mama said to me, “Son, you go gather the eggs, hear? With Mary Toy gone, you got to gather the eggs.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Some nests contained no eggs; others contained eggs that failed to hatch. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The crew raced back and forth from the trees to the ship, bringing meat and eggs, heads of wild cabbage and casks of freshwater. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I didn't think to eat lunch before I went out, so I've been running all day on a few bites of eggs and a glass of juice. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We like our milk and eggs and butter.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I scrape my fork against the scrambled eggs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Hey, Chuck,” he asked after taking a bite of eggs, trying to sound casual. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I was so busy with the fresh side pork, fried eggs, and hot biscuits, I didn’t pay much attention to her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On the plate there were eight eggs, twelve sausages, sixteen rashers of bacon and a heap of fried potatoes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, fields of alfalfa are dusted with DDT; meal is later prepared from the alfalfa and fed to hens; the hens lay eggs which contain DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z From a dozen nests across the marsh, golden objects shot into the air—jewelry, weapons, coins, gold nuggets, and most importantly, gryphon eggs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I hear her in the kitchen, breaking the eggs into the bowl, and I realize now that I can sit up I could be helping her. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He pulls out a carton of milk and a handful of eggs. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z But the rest of the park stays empty, the boys’ blue and red plastic eggs still scattered all over the grass, waiting for the game to start. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He digs into a pile of scrambled eggs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They may deposit their eggs within the larvae or eggs of their prey, so that their own developing young may find food by consuming the host. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z That was the other thing she’d brought along: the white cloth enfolding her silkworm eggs was nothing other than Desdemona’s wedding corset. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His job was to take the shells off four dozen hard-boiled eggs, cut hard cheese into inch cubes and stick a toothpick in each cube, and slice big pickles lengthwise. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly before ten A.M. on May 7, 1896, after a breakfast of boiled eggs, dry toast, and coffee, Holmes was escorted to the gallows at Moyamensing Prison. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She dropped a plate of eggs at the diner, sliced her finger on the jagged edge, watched a trickle of blood ooze onto the white china. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She saw birds guarding their eggs like treasures until the chicks finally hatched. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z You had to make sure they were new combs with no brood eggs in them, since nobody wanted to have baby bee larvae in their honey. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I like milkmen because one of them gave me two broken eggs which I swallowed raw with bits of shells and all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Harrison served fried eggs and toast for breakfast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They could make sure of at least a hundred and fifty mature eggs within two years. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Only thing is, it went trampling around in agony and squashed half the real eggs — they took marks off for that, he wasn’t supposed to do any damage to them.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z If I don’t keep an eye on them, they start giving their milk and eggs to the pigs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I made hard-boiled eggs for lunch and drew little faces on them with a black pen. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Twig didn’t respond, just kept cracking invisible eggs over my head and running streams of fingertip yolk through my hair. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Tell them fresh, for the eggs,” she says. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Maria was the first to document the life stages of this unusual amphibian, which attaches its eggs to its back. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Dad turns off the heat under the eggs. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If Cecile let me cook dinner in her kitchen, she’d let me fry some eggs or pour some cereal in her kitchen too. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad stops stirring eggs and stares at my empty glass. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They gave us a sack with provisions: a dozen hard-boiled eggs, a hunk of goat cheese still in its thin cloth casing, a stack of flour tortillas, and water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I think Gwin had good hunting last night. I hope he hasn’t been plundering a nest again. Perhaps it’s just Elinor’s rolls and eggs.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Ma fixed pots and scythes and rakes and picks for eggs or some such, took what we needed, then traded the rest to Ralph Pitcher for store credit at the mercantile. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Ma would order the eggs and English muffin, Spoony always got the French toast, and me and Dad both got pancakes. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Males and females took turns brooding the eggs and flying to the courthouse park to feast on seeds and bread. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z How long could they live on eggs and the scraps left in the pantry? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The eggs hatch around the first week in June, and the nestlings are ready to fledge in early July. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been right in giving a girl’s name to Lurai, for she laid speckled eggs and, with some help from her mate, hatched two ugly fledglings which soon became beautiful. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Angela took the eggs and a package of sausages and paid for them. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They lay up to five hundred eggs at a time and bury them. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He says now Patrice Lumumba and the other elected Congolese are trading chickens and eggs to set up a government that everybody in the parliament will go along with. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And so he made her eggs, and played with Buchi in the living room downstairs, and after Buchi fell asleep, he read the newspapers, all the time his head furred with that sadness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You like eggs and figs. And tomatoes. They were in our lunch. They grow outside.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “And dogs eat all the eggs. Annabeth is right. We must leave the restroom md ship.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Lee had kept Adam’s eggs warm and had fried two for Cal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My father was not Chinese like my mother, but English-Irish American, who enjoyed his five slices of bacon and three eggs sunny- side up every morning. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Steam the eggs for twenty minutes, then add some soy sauce.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tortillas and eggs and a bottle of water. That’s all they have,” he said with disgust. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z And where were the eggs from which the caterpillars hatched? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z By six o’clock they were in the house and by eight they had a meal of eggs, bacon, and tea. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Few eggs hatched and almost no young survived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Two eggs and a laying hen” and “Push, you cow” were the words that occurred to her, but when Beetle spoke them they did not have the same effect as when the midwife did. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Egg laying. It’s time I made an egg sac and filled it with eggs.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The menu board itself still offered eggs, hash browns, seven kinds of pie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I passed him bread and eggs quickly through the fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The judge nodded, barely noticing the boy's departure as he crawled behind the chicken to catch more eggs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her brood patch fit gently around the eggs like a soft hot- water bottle. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We collected most of the eggs while they were still warm. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z We hand over our tokens, and one Guardian enters the numbers on them into the Compubite while the other gives us our purchases, the milk, the eggs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know what I was thinking next, but I ran into the kitchen and grabbed a carton of eggs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It wasn’t yet 8:40, and I was already the victim of a dousing with raw eggs from someone standing on the stairs above my head. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She leans over Frank’s shoulder, looks at the cracked eggs in the hot pan. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I put the eggs in a brown paper bag and added them on top. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Konrad Lorenz has been “mother” to many geese—those he raised from the time they left their eggs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But as we gather in Regatta Park and help ourselves to scrambled eggs, orange juice, and bagels, I realize something. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z She cracked the eggs in a pot, whipped them with a fork, dipped in four slices of white bread, and laid them out in the frying pan on the stove. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They had drained the eggs and refilled the eggshells with liquor. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Charlie Valentine had ordered his chickens thinking they were a special breed that laid blue eggs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z So too were the smells of chorizo and scrambled eggs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Now penguin eggs are so large that the mother can sit on only two at a time, and this created quite a problem. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “They’re making such a huge deal of this. We weren’t doing anything mean or destructive. We were at a diner, eating eggs!” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I knew what enigma meant—my mother often said I was one, especially when I dipped fried eggs in grape jelly or deliberately wore mismatched socks. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Platters of duck and partridge, rabbit and bird eggs, and seasoned venison passed by in dizzying numbers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He had just finished a ten- hour shift, eggs over easy and cheeseburgers since 5:00 a.m. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Henry ate his eggs and bacon and grits, barely tasting the food. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “We can’t go on like this much longer,” said Henry at the twins’ apartment that night, as we were smoking cigarettes over uneaten plates of bacon and eggs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The monsters shrieked and flew after their eggs, frantic to save them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The waiter set down Dimple’s steaming, fragrant plate of cod and potatoes, garnished with halved boiled eggs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “You haven’t made me eggs in a while, The Zed,” she said, coming over to kiss him when she saw that he was awake. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He looked down at the clutch of eggs and spotted the gold one, gleaming against its cement-colored fellows, residing safely between the dragon’s front legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There are fluffy mounds of scrambled eggs, shiny sausage links, a bacon extravaganza. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Plus, I wanted to help the Baxters, and I’d become quite good at collecting the eggs without getting the chickens all riled up. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Percy’s letter was enclosed in a package of Easter eggs that Mrs. Weasley had sent. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We’d just returned from Good Friday services at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, and were about to perform my favorite Biles family ritual—tie-dying eggs for our annual Easter egg hunt. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And Ob cracking eggs into a big plastic bowl and telling Cletus he didn’t believe a word of it. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I bet Miss Fulton makes a mean breakfast with eggs and sausage and gravy….I run out the door zipping my jacket, trying not to think ’bout how empty my belly is. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z We took the eggs in to Mama and she floated them in a bucket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Mack counted fifty frogs into a can and walked back to the grocery with Lee and got two dollars’ worth of bacon and eggs and bread. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When he came to the eggs, he picked one up, tilted his head back, and broke it raw into his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It was a good thing that Mr. Popper got the penguins moved when he did, because Mrs. Popper had been right about the eggs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z His father finished the eggs and put them on some buttered toast he’d also made, setting down two plates, one for Conor, one for himself. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Grits, eggs, biscuits, and butter, bacon, collard greens, ham hocks, all the food I couldn’t eat before, I ate. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He chewed his bacon and eggs while some remote part of his mind considered in amazement how different the girl had seemed in the movie. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She had fed the goats and the chickens, and gathered the milkand the eggs, and thanked the animals for their time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I see a raven by the side of the road, picking at a porcupine that’s been run over by a car, its quills like a huge burr, its guts pink and scrambled like eggs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “All right. I’ll collect the eggs. What on earth happened to this basket?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After a small breakfast of rice and salted eggs, we get back in our truck and take off again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And except for a song about bacon or eggs benedict thrown in here and there, they mostly played normal country music. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The pods had swelled until they were the size of hen’s eggs and ready for harvest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Madeline filled water balloons to toss and handed out raw eggs, which we kids were going to pass under our chins. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Mama Mwanza hates it when she comes over scooting on her hands to trade us oranges for eggs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on my flip-flops and headed to the kitchen, where Mom whipped eggs in a bowl while a pan of what looked like chorizo sizzled on the stove. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But this morning there were two eggs in one nest box: one glass one and one light-brown one. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z When the chocolate was gone, she would start in on the cookies, and, with a pencil, she would draw faces on the eggs he had brought her now. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “My children and I will take care of the animals. Tzipporah is wonderful about collecting eggs. A real specialist. And Reuven knows just when to shoo them off the nest.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “They was a bunch of eggs. How come they’s just one baby?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Their blood is a good, nutritious, salt-free drink; their flesh is tasty and filling; their fat has many uses; and the castaway will find turtle eggs a real treat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I had just finished deviling eggs in the upstairs kitchen. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s the same thing every time: fried eggs. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Let’s get your older brothers married before we worry about you,” Marina said idly as she spooned more boiled eggs out of the cold water. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Wherever you see one of those holes, there’s an owl den underneath. It’s where they build their nests and lay their eggs. It’s their home.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We could eat some and keep some for the eggs, as long as we could hold out without eating those, too. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They paid us in anything they could—cups, coins, eggs, fresh beef, even a dress one time. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes down and ate his eggs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Now I really don’t understand. Why don’t you sell your mess halls the eggs for seven cents apiece instead of for five cents apiece?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Fried eggs covered with grease, fresh-squeezed orange juice with seed and pulp floating in it, thick hand-cut bacon, a white-hot mound of grits and biscuits. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a market down in Irishtown where the farmers come on Saturdays with their vegetables, hens, eggs, butter. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He smiles as he takes another bite of scrambled eggs. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Every morning, I check the nest boxes for eggs. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Developmental and reproductive biology were recognized and defined as sciences here, beginning with sea-urchin eggs and working up. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The band had turned the lights off in the gallery, and had gone down to have eggs and bacon too. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was tea, in a great silver urn, and coffee too, and on the heater, piping hot, dishes of scrambled eggs, of bacon, and another of fish. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He’s still in his pajama T-shirt, the one decorated with raw eggs. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He liked the native cooking so much that once he ate eighty-two iguana eggs at one sitting. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We leave the donut dough to rise as Dad eats his favorite Hanukkah dish, fried eggs and leftover latkes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A giant couldn’t eat half a leg of deer plus a huge mound of wild rice and eight of the fifty quail eggs and go back for dessert. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He took the family to a picnic of the Society of Chinese Engineers — something he’d always avoided before — and ate tea eggs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Judith’s salad contains cheese and eggs from corn- fed animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Mother was scrubbing the remains of scrambled eggs out of the skillet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad watches as I float forkloads of rubbery eggs up to my mouth. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were always a few more eggs at breakfast and a little more meat at dinner. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Pour whatever leftover salsa you have into the eggs and mix it all up with a fork. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I turn to Keisha and blurt out, “Do you like eggs?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z We argue over how much breakfast I should eat, compromising at two eggs and some of the steak. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then she handed me a plate of scrambled eggs, made just for me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Although a few nests were found in the treated area, a few with eggs, none contained young birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I remembered Margie and her mother and imagined them in New York, wearing beautiful clothes and eating bright yellow eggs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “She wants a new angle, Hagrid,” said Ron wisely as he shelled salamander eggs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Did Cecilia really think that in this situation they could sit together and still have an appetite for scrambled eggs? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Anyone who attempted to smuggle silkworm eggs out of China faced punishment of death. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Lillian drank a cup of black coffee as she watched Bull inelegantly consume a plate of eggs, biscuits, and country ham. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This morning, I told the chickens that my parents said their eggs were delicious, and that all the rest of my family wanted to have some too, and to know all about them. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z People would build a kiosk in their garage, buy wholesale bread and eggs, and then resell them piecemeal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "I know that he gave me my dragon eggs." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I’m just saying: Maybe scrambled eggs are ghettoized, but they’re also special. They have a place and a time, like church does.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I took the little list of ingredients he had printed out for me, and went to a grocery store, where I got a can of Red Devil lye, two eggs, and two medium-sized white potatoes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I looked at the carton of eggs on the counter and there were twelve eggs in the carton. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine it’s different for him now, no lazy Saturday sex or scrambled eggs, instead a different sort of joy, a little girl tucked up between him and his wife, babbling away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I got two hard-boiled eggs—already stuffed—with separate little packages of salt and pepper. And sandwiches—blackberry jelly with butter. Everything wrapped in oil paper. And paper napkins.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They have pictures on them, of the things they can be exchanged for: twelve eggs, a piece of cheese, a brown thing that’s supposed to be a steak. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She makes me eggs and toast and sits there until I’ve eaten it all. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I’m goin’ to get you some quilts and things from Nancy’s place; I’ll bring you what grub I can lay hands on—I can always get eggs and a chicken for you. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath were little gray bags, their necks tied with wire, arranged like nest eggs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z My tasks were simple but many; I milked the cow under her supervision, gathered eggs, swept, and was through in time to serve breakfast. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He pressed his sword tip against one of the eggs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Inside there were three eggs, one piece of ham, a wedge of waxed orange cheese, and the quart of milk that came every three days. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He lifted a spread wing cautiously, disclosing a nest with two white eggs. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z It has been said the ship next door has a better engine, more water, endless fuel, countless salty eggs. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Mom is not a pancake mom, but there are pancakes and bacon and eggs and warm syrup. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I had a melon under one arm and a sack of eggs and potatoes in the other hand. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Cramped and airless, with some foul liquid that smelled like rotten eggs dripping from the ceiling. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I could set the eggs in the stream so they wouldn’t spoil Bong. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since Rab had taken her home and left Johnny to eat six fried eggs by himself, he had felt differently about Cilia. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was weird to see her dad making breakfast in the morning, eggs that looked too slimy to eat but both Maya and Lauren choked them down anyway. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I carried the basket full of small brown and white eggs. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z We found bread, cheese, jam and eggs in his cupboard. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He took a steaming hotcake from the platter, arranged two fried eggs on it, covered them with another hotcake and squashed the whole thing with his fork. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Hagrid had been known to befriend giant spiders, buy vicious, three-headed dogs from men in pubs, and sneak illegal dragon eggs into his cabin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I told Dr. Doris about how Mom didn’t come downstairs, about the eggs and everything. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The eggs and coffee and big biscuits disappeared rapidly. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of beetles laying eggs, spreading bacteria, and killing trees.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z "I was," she answered, standing over the dragon's eggs that lllyrio had given her when she wed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Remember to feed the chickens. And see if we got some eggs. Get a move on now.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z To take advantage of that, most farmers would buy more chickens to lay more eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z More refuse showered down from windows and balconies: half-rotted fruit, pails of beer, eggs that exploded into sulfu- rous stink when they cracked open on the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m used to it. I got my eggs from Agnes Taylor for years.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The smell was awful, nose-filling, the smell of a dirty toilet and rancid steamed beans and boiled eggs gone bad. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a massive bird’s nest—a gryphon's nest—the bottom littered with old pieces of jewelry, an Imperial gold dagger, a dented centurion’s badge, and two pumpkin-sized eggs that looked like real gold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The vacation was over and the Truebas returned to the city laden with jars of candy, preserves, boxes of fruit, cheese, pickled chicken and rabbit, and baskets full of eggs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “If someone put a plane at my disposal, I could fly down there once a week in a squadron plane and bring back all the fresh eggs we need,” Milo answered. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And Pastor Patton’s salary came from the collection basket, which usually only gathered a few coins each Sunday, supplemented by the goodness of others who occasionally brought him fresh chickens or eggs or bread. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Who ever heard of a robin moving her eggs every week to a new tree? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z A chipped crockery bowl appeared from the pantry, alongside the butter and eggs and milk and the sugar loaf and the nutmeg grater and the small amber flask. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The solitary wasp, Sphex, nearing her time of eggs, travels aloft with a single theory about caterpillars. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She probably knows how to make eggs ten different ways. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “The eggs will draw out his sickness,” she said confidently. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you come with me to the Fair Grounds and lay your eggs there?” pleaded Wilbur. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Now the vague unease Jinjoo had been feeling roiled in the pit of her stomach, as if she’d eaten too many boiled eggs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z My nightmares started then, nightmares in which I saw Ade Coker’s charred remains spattered on his dining table, on his daughter’s school uniform, on his baby’s cereal bowl, on his plate of eggs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There are still nine eggs to break into the bowl. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The fragments of the glass marbles that she saw looked like the remains of eggshells one finds beneath trees in springtime: like empty, broken robin’s eggs, or even more delicate—wren’s eggs, perhaps. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z A sleep deeper than the hospital drugs; deeper than the pits of plums, steadier than the condor’s wing; more tranquil than the curve of eggs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Where else would I gather the water spinach and muck-eating fish for your dinner or the duck eggs and frog spawn for your breakfast? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Did you have real eggs on the farm?” he asked. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z On your stone, instead of flowers, I laid down one of the chocolate Easter eggs Celina Aunty had given us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She went to the refrigerator and took out the eggs. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was frying eggs by the time Dudley arrived in the kitchen with his mother. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z ‘Tibbs,’ the Queen said, showing true regal hospitality, ‘fetch the gentleman another dozen fried eggs and a dozen sausages.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I am,” she said, scooting the pot with the eggs away from the stove’s heat. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I fed the chickens, gathered the eggs, and divided them, too, four apiece. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z These variant qualities were hereditary—carried as discrete instructions in sperm and eggs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Like children looking for Easter eggs, we searched for strawberries hidden between the leaves. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z At nine, there was steak and eggs in the dining room. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z All those chefs had said the eggs were magical. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He finished the last of his eggs and sighed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Under the microscopes, their long tails furiously lashing, spermatozoa were burrowing head first into eggs; and, fertilized, the eggs were expanding, dividing, or if bokanovskified, budding and breaking up into whole populations of separate embryos. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Carrying the eggs, I run back home, breathless, dripping with sweat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Above the trees, the enormous sky was the clear blue of robins’ eggs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A body does not like being bought and sold like a basket of eggs, even if the person who cracks the shells is kind. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And on the far shore a creature that raised its dripping mouth from the rimstone pool and stared into the light with eyes dead white and sightless as the eggs of spiders. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I went then and gathered the eggs and held three back. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Who brings him eggs, who shares his broth, whose fondness for Werner remains, it seems, unshakable. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “No, thanks,” I say in English, and settle next to Baba, who’s got a plateful of fried eggs sprinkled with pepper. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “We need extra eggs, hard cheese, pippin apples, and savory. And lemons. I’ll have to go to the market again,” sighed Mother. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s plenty eggs in the market. Why he want our eggs?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The TV-dish repair guy showed up while my mother was making eggs and pancakes, and he was still banging around on the roof when we all sat down to eat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We fished out a pink plastic, octagonal container that was part of a pet shop play set, and we placed the two blue eggs inside. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On Saturday mornings Dad usually makes the best breakfasts: fluffy buttermilk pancakes, cheesy eggs, and crispy bacon. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I ask Justin to find some potatoes, tomatoes, half an onion, and three eggs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Next morning when I got to Grandpa’s, Miss Love had already fried a chicken for our picnic and was serving up fried ham, grits, scrambled eggs, and hot biscuits. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I broke two eggs into the frying pan. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Only yesterday was Chapter Eleven finally allowed to dye his own eggs, and then only in one color: red. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As I prepared breakfast before leaving home on that first morning, Grandmother India stood over my shoulder watching while I cracked the breakfast eggs for poaching. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pitching a rock at us, like he’d done with the eggs. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Egg-laying animals like turtles and gators existed way before chickens. Therefore, eggs came first.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In other tests in which both pheasants and quail were the subjects, the adults produced no eggs whatever if they had been fed insecticide-contaminated diets throughout the year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Soup and scrambled eggs and hot marmalade pie were yet to come. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z What I would do is to wave my fork over the eggs until all the bugs flew away, then grab a forkful before they came back. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hungry as he was, he couldn’t eat much of Vernell’s breakfast, so he pushed the scrambled eggs, hominy, fried apples around in the plate, gulped coffee and talked a lot. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He ordered sandwiches for himself and Henry, two soft-boiled eggs, toast, and tea with honey for Alfred. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The gaoler's eyes had gone big as boiled eggs as he yanked open the drawstring and beheld the glint of gold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Black smoke poured from the dashboard and the whole bus filled with a smell like rotten eggs. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And the goose raised herself a bit and poked her eggs a little further under her so that they would receive the full heat from her warm body and soft feathers. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z For a dime, you could buy a loaf of bread or a dozen eggs at Carsten’s Grocery just down the street. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I come home, and Biddy sitting next to that pile of eggs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But she didn’t want Aunty Ifeka, or Arize, or even the neighbor to know that the smoke irritated her eyes and throat or that the sight of the cockroach eggs nauseated her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I would go down in the morning and milk, get the eggs, feed the chickens, work the garden, pick the vegetables. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The sun had been up for about an hour, and we’d already gathered the eggs, fed the chickens, had breakfast, and been waiting at the bus stop for over ten minutes. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Do you have two eggs we can borrow?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And I smile, satisfied, like I did as a small child, after I gave limpiezas to troubled people to clean their spirits with eggs and fresh herbs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab a plate and scoop up a mountain of potatoes, eggs, and sausages, trying to keep from looking desperate. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She the hostess so she got to pick up her eggs last. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Once I dreamed of flying, she thought, and now I’ve flown, and dream of stealing eggs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Apparently my father has been taking payment in the form of beans and eggs for nearly two years. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She means the food—the plates of rejected pancakes, hash browns in assorted flavors, toasts, burgers, sausages, eggs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He pictured them in his mind as he picked at his eggs and bacon with a fork, speaking to no one, not even Chuck, who ate silently next to him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He ate the white eggs to give himself strength. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, when the manager wasn’t looking, she ate the leftover wedges of toast and cold forkfuls of scrambled eggs from the plates instead of scraping them into the garbage. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Nest, eggs, and hens were all one package, wrapped in a vivid, slender twine of brilliant green. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With the jackhammers silent, 426 fed Frightful again and nervously sat down and brooded the eggs while she exercised. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “You stuff food, you stuff people. If you don’t like what is inside a particular food, then leave it alone, don’t stuff it with something else. A waste of garden eggs, in my opinion.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He covers his eggs completely in hot sauce, sets the bottle down, and licks his fingers for the sauce that got on them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I lift a box of highlighters, all shaped like boiled eggs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He had gotten hold of some eggs and kept pulling them out of unlikely places, the children’s ears, his own underarms, the boiler for his syringes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His darling “Lotje” has sent him eggs, butter, cookies, lemonade, bread, cognac, spice cake, flowers, oranges, chocolate, books and writing paper. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She saw eggs hatch and produce more caterpillars. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In a kind of furious daze, forgetting the eggs, I got a big old gray peach basket off the porch and dragged it down the path. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, having nothing to do, I collected my two eggs, my half chicken, and my knife and walked slowly down the road to the store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She put the butter and eggs carefully in a hollow log and climbed a tree from which she could see the whole of the field. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, Leah raised the difficult issue of Nelson: nearly half our eggs went to him for his pay. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull her eyes a little out of their sockets, like spoons lifting eggs out of a cup-server. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A sign beside a stream offered fresh eggs for sale, and I drove up a farm road and bought some eggs and asked permission to camp beside the stream and offered to pay. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He hard-boiled some eggs for Orr and ate those too. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z With that, which had taken all her courage, Beetle gathered up the butter and the eggs, only one of which had broken, and marched away. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If the birds of the North are born with a migratory instinct fused into the albumen of eggs, then the military families of America develop the same instinct out of necessity. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At the breakfast table, the boys ate scrambled eggs and steak, sitting silently, their eyes seeing nothing and no one. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There were eggs in plenty not far off, in the hen house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z When she had eaten both eggs, she took one piece of toast and mopped up some yolk onto it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I spend half an hour shredding up string-cheese sticks and cracking eggs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The next morning I went to the Y cafe next door for a breakfast of grits and eggs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess I’d want comfort, too, if I did nothing but lay eggs all day long, week in and week out.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning over eggs and bacon, I ask Dad if I should skip school to check on Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning before my high-school graduation ceremony, while we’re eating our eggs and bacon in the kitchen, Pop hands me a plain white envelope. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It is no longer necessary to guess about the storage of insecticides in the eggs of birds, which obviously lend themselves to this kind of observation more readily than the mammalian ovum. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I wrapped potatoes in foil and stuck them in the oven to bake, covered a steak in marinade and balanced it on top of a carton of eggs in the fridge. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z People built homes the way they bought eggs: a little at a time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z How delicious it is, this concoction of milk and eggs and burned sugar. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Dany had heard tales of such eggs, but she had never seen one, nor thought to see one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We couldn’t kill them all, Leah explained, because then we’d have no eggs for omelets—one of the few things we knew how to cook. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Safer’s mom is at an all-day wedding and Saturday is his dad’s busiest day at driving school, so Safer makes scrambled eggs for lunch and keeps his promise to teach me how. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “You re just the person we need, Mary Poppins. My wife’s off gadding, and I’m left to sit on the eggs. Do take a turn, there’s a good girl. I need a little rest.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “The food is supposed to be incredible. Snails, fish eggs, the works.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was taboo for my sisters to eat eggs until they were of a certain age because it would interfere with the development of their childbearing organs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But after a while the birds got used to the digging, resettled upon their freckled eggs, and hatched out ten thousand little killdeer that scurried around Cleofes Apodaca’s pit peeping hysterically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, instead of steamed eggs, I had a pot full of egg soup! Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "A chicken that lays eggs of gold?" the judge said, his eyes lighting with greed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z At one point, they passed a warm cave the size of a gymnasium filled with snake eggs, their tops covered with a layer of silver filaments like slimy Christmas tinsel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “If there’s no space in the hive, the old queen lays some eggs, which are then fed something called royal jelly so that they grow into new queens,” Mel said. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She admits that it’s because everything but the eggs comes premade, so it’s hard for her to mess it up. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Lice eggs. But there were only two and I did not find any others.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The boxes open from the outside so someone can get at the eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “The eggs are so close to hatching, she won’t abandon them.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t know anything about roosters and eggs but it sounded true. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The bowl holding the eggs must have overturned into the boiling water. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They overturned the great waist-high earthenware jugs; duck eggs, pickled fruits, vegetables burst out and mixed in acrid torrents. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Eat,” Asher says to him over his own plate of scrambled eggs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No. But you’re not through eating. You want some ham and eggs?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she and Lupita boiled a dozen eggs, which they packed into a small cloth bag along with some corn tortillas and a bottle of water. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “How about some scrambled eggs?” my mother asked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Dad was standing over the stove, scrambling a pan of eggs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Spike sits down next, eggs and toast with a cup of coffee. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z We discussed whether we needed Nelson more, or the eggs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo grabs a knife, hatchets off the tops of his eggs. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The eggs didn’t look anything like the way my mom made them. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “This isn’t working. The eggs have been uncovered for sixty minutes, and at forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, that’s not good. I’m going to put them back.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Did I ask you if you wanted eggs?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Miss Love let her eggs turn cold while she hovered over Grandpa. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I stole eggs from nests, caught fish in nets, sometimes managed to shoot a squirrel or rabbit for stew, and gathered the various plants that sprung up beneath my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I pictured their bones laid clean and white in a pile on top of the eggs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek diner is open and there’s a stoop-shouldered man in the back booth eyeing his bacon and eggs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They gave us Halloween candy in December, Christmas candy around Valentine’s day, candy hearts at Easter, and Easter eggs at Halloween. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The designs were basic colors like Easter eggs that no one in Tabriz would know. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I wanted something nice because there was still a chance my brain looked more like scrambled eggs than a honeycomb. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My father looked up from his two fried eggs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She thought we were going on a picnic, and in fact there is a picnic basket on the back seat, beside her, with real food in it, hard- boiled eggs, thermos and all. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I headed outside to feed the animals and gather eggs. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He took the plate of eggs and bacon, but it didn’t look good to him now. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “You want it,” Troy said, leaning close enough for me to smell his morning scrambled eggs, holding the laptop in his right hand and wiggling it, “take it from me.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Quickly he scaled the tree to the artificial scrape and, fending off Frightful with one arm, he gently lay the eggs in the box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “How about some scrambled eggs?” my mother asked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Hearts and eggs will break, and everything changes, but you keep going anyway. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Literally hundreds of aphids are consumed by a single ladybug to stoke the little fires of energy which she requires to produce even a single batch of eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They stop by a lady selling goose eggs and ask her if she knows a Holy Cross-Roads Inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And there are other, better, memories: making fried eggs with her dad, turning them over with a large black plastic spatula. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Put a hundred rotten eggs in your mind. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I open the fridge to find bottles of soda and ketchup and hot sauce and mayonnaise and bread and eggs and too many plastic containers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Mom held a bottle of hot sauce over her plate, and I watched as she tapped little orange drops across her eggs. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In a minute, sausage, eggs, potatoes, bread, juice, and hot chocolate appear. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “We need to talk about you eating my eggs.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Sneak back downstairs to examine the eggs and see which ones survived. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z This morning Dad has taken the liberty of delegating tasks through passive-aggressive Post-it notes hidden like Easter eggs all over the house. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “That old lady who buys eggs from Mama thinks I’m getting woman trouble,” I told him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the country there were barns and silos stocked with grain and corn, and chicken houses full of eggs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In the mornings he eats prefrozen reheated fried eggs, which are square in shape and have ice crystals in the yolks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And to complicate matters, there were eggs: scrambled, poached, over easy, sunny-side up. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I don’t know that whole story, just that one time when Gramps was cussing up a storm, Gram ran off with the man who regularly bought eggs from Gramps. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Or “Hold this bowl while I beat the eggs, sweet.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She had been allowed to watch the lab attendants, in gowns and gloves, strip eggs from what they called the breeder fish, anesthetized females. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And long-legged Joon ran off on an emergency fetch, to get replacement eggs from the chickens. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z At eight-thirty the eggs were shriveled and the toast was like stone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A messenger from Joseph arrived at midday bearing fresh eggs, pumpkins, three kinds of bread, and a joint of beef. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Strong-smelling foods such as onions, fish, and herbs should also be avoided, as they may flavor your chickens’ eggs. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She could feel the chicks move inside the eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I sat at our table, and he slid the eggs onto two plates, placing them in front of us and sitting beside me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I was wrong. It’s worse. This summer stinks like rotten eggs on a dead skunk.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Sorry about that, Mrs. Turner, but I was hoping I might get some eggs.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I wonder if she’s getting ready to lay eggs,” he says, flipping through his notebook. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He lit the gas, melted the butter, poured in the eggs, and let them run all over the base of it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “That way, you won’t have all your eggs in one basket,” he said. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Heat shimmered in waves around the dragon's eggs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But I was still biting my lip so hard, thinking about eggs and birthdays and allergies and not crying, and I didn’t think about it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Charlie fried eggs for himself; I had my bowl of cereal. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Every once in a while, pages slide onto the floor, or get greasy from some eggs or bacon Momma eats while she’s reading. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z They lived in marshes and stagnant pools, sucked blood from man and horse alike, and laid their eggs in the dead and dying. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "They must walk across their native sand. We think that something registers in their brains that kicks in twenty-five years later because they return to the beach where they were born to lay their eggs." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Red eggs fill bowls on the dining room table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then I cooked breakfast—eggs, canned ham, and some pan biscuits. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z There was porridge, honey, milk, boiled eggs, and crisp fried fish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Welsh Green’s eggs are an earthy brown, flecked with green. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They found Dolorous Edd frying a rasher of bacon and boiling a dozen eggs in a kettle over the Old Bear's cookfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She drank from the edge of the pool, careful to keep the delicate eggs sacs on her abdomen out of the water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z With one hand she cracked the eggs into a bowl; with the .other she whisked them and whirled them. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I called Old Yeller off from the house and broke the eggs on a flat rock right under his nose and tried to get him to eat them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I had avoided talking about it, my mind went to the long chain from manure to grass to cow to grubs to chicken to eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The second night, I applied a liberal dose of white liniment—Uncle Holt’s own concoction of hartshorn, arnica, witch hazel, camphor gum, eggs, and cider vinegar. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He climbed to the box, wrapped up the eggs once more, and returned them to the scrape on the bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “It’s not stealing, is it?” asked Hermione in a troubled voice, as they devoured scrambled eggs on toast. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Or maybe he gets up super early and goes for a run or eats eggs or some other thing that morning people do. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z After carrying her silkworm eggs all the way from Bithynios, Desdemona had been forced to dump them out at Ellis Island. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “She thinks there are thirteen eggs in a dozen.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The hard pea-sized pellets quickly turned to stones the size of eggs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z McWatt was deeply impressed with Milo, who, to the amusement of Corporal Snark, his mess sergeant, was already buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Grandpop started to pile his eggs on his toast, grits on top of that, topping it all with a slice of bacon. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “People don’t stop eating eggs whenever there’s a fever, do they?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody took three eggs on his plate and followed with three thick slices of crisp bacon. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were about like mine, blue not like the sky but like plastic Easter eggs. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Let’s go see if the hen laid more eggs!” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Women used to carry such eggs between their breasts, to incubate them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad scrambles the eggs, Mom reads the paper. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachel passed a big platter of delicious deviled eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She, the lone survivor, will start a small paper nest in the spring, lay a few eggs in its cells, and carefully rear a small force of workers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and see Frightful incubating her eggs. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not remember seeing an egg in my smuggling searches, but then I hadn’t been looking for eggs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I go downstairs for breakfast, and Mom makes me eggs and some tea and I pick at the eggs and drink the tea. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Jon told him they had tried unsuccessfully to move the eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z At school we make Easter eggs out of construction paper, pink and purple and blue, and stick them onto the windows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z For the next ten hours they would fry eggs, grill burgers, pour coffee, and wash dishes for a stream of customers from the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z What I really want is this meal called “The Hobo,” which is made of eggs, hash browns, cheese, and bacon—practically everything I love—but it’s $7.99. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The cells looked a little bit like fried eggs, sunny-side up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We keep three hens, and I take one of the two eggs that was in a nest and carry it out behind the bushes. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Was he saying, “Religion is darkness,” the way he sometimes said in class things like “Mammals lay eggs,” to see if someone would correct him? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Hawkers descended on our car, pushing boiled eggs, roasted cashew nuts, bottled water, bread, okpa, agidi into every window of the car, chanting: “Buy from me, oh, I will sell well to you.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z While I went to the coop to fetch the eggs I thought to myself, Any kind of books you want? Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z On Mount Johnson Island as well as in Florida, then, the same situation prevails — there is some occupancy of nests by adults, some production of eggs, but few or no young birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Some attach their eggs to a caterpillar by means of a sticky solution; on hatching, the larval parasite bores through the skin of the host. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I woulda liked to have tried those twenty-nine- dollar eggs.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I can guarantee that it is strong. It’s made out of the toughest material I have. It is also waterproof. The eggs are inside and will be warm and dry.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z They think any use of animals for food is morally wrong, not just killing them for meat, but using their milk or eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “You put it on your eggs,” Lena reminded him, placing a bottle in front of Seth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was smaller and darker, and the only food it served was pickled eggs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mormont’s raven muttered his annoyance as the door opened beneath him, heralding the return of Dolorous Edd with a flagon of wine and a plate of eggs and sausages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We have eggs, buttered toast, and a glass of milk each for dinner; there’s a small sack of coal in the corner, and magazine cuttings pinned all over the wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He hesitates for a moment, runs his hand over his face, then says, “Of course, m’hija ” Grinning, I pick out the biggest eggs, satisfied that being vmsima has its rewards. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Never hurt the young: nest eggs, roe, fledglings, fry. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Travis went into the kitchen, where his mom had some warm biscuits and gravy, bacon, and eggs ready. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was on a day in early summer that the goose eggs hatched. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z In the diner, which looked dingy by daylight, Dicey had fried eggs, while the others had pancakes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In very short time we have collected a dozen eggs and two pounds of fairly fresh butter. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s why the falcons didn’t come back to the eggs,” Flip said. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I ready to put a towel on her eggs to keep them warm, when Mama Duck come flying home. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then we stood and faced the cage door, eggs in hand, and prepared for the inevitable. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z For all of that, the eggs were cold, but we ate them, along with the buttered toast and orange slices. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I buy eggs, cheese, butter, and half a chicken. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Police in New York City distribute bread and eggs to the unemployed in 1930. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The mother laid two speckled eggs which she and her mate took turns sitting on. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z At first the smell was recognizable, part of the organic realm of bad eggs and manure. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I ravage the pantry and fridge, but we don’t even have tortillas—nothing except condiments, eggs, and one sad pickle floating in a jar. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The eggs hatch in two to three weeks. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Carlos pushes his red eggs around his plate. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z We unwrap the plates that have enough biscuits, bacon, and eggs for a few people. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The eggs no longer look as appetizing as they did a second ago. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I went back up the hill and in a few minutes was cooking myself a dinner of canned ham, cornmeal cakes, peas, and scrambled eggs. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Papa blushed and said, “Well, uh, let’s see, son. It’s kind of like the way hens lay eggs and then biddies hatch out of the eggs.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z What made me keep on climbing in face of such discouragement, I don’t know, but I did, and that noon I had crow eggs and wild salad for lunch. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it me, or do they smell like rotten eggs? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Other men with jobs are home already and having eggs for dinner because you can’t have meat on a Friday. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z One storeroom offered potted hare, haunch of deer in honey, pickled cabbage, pickled beets, pickled onions, pickled eggs, and pickled herring. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He stumbled into the table and went face-first into Leo’s plate of scrambled eggs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Sure,” he said to Dicey, "you and your brother carry these two and I’ll take the third. Be careful—there are some eggs in there somewhere. We did remember the eggs, didn’t we?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We ate all our chickens weeks ago, and shared the last eggs all around. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Then I was into fried eggs, boxes of cornflakes, and frozen pizzas. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He acted like he’d never heard tell that eggs were fit to eat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, setting down the basket of eggs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Elsewhere they saw beautiful bronze daggers for sale, dried squids and carved onyx, a potent magical elixir made of virgin's milk and shade of the evening, even dragon's eggs which looked suspiciously like painted rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Plus, the older kids come out with eggs and shaving cream when it’s late, so Tía likes us to be home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He made coffee, grits, bacon, and fried the turtle eggs as he and the white boy watched the turtle cover her eggs, camouflage her tracks, and plunge back into the sea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “All kin’s a vegetables in the garden, and if we want a little whisky we can sell a few eggs or something, or some milk. We’d jus’ live there. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just in case,” she said, slipping in their simple food of rice wrapped up in leaves and salted boiled eggs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He picked up a fork and began shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth, hoping to deflect any invitation to join in this part of the conversation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Fly larvae may not seem appetizing to you and me, but that protein-rich diet makes the chickens’ eggs unusually rich and tasty. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Deep inside the hedge, there’s a nest of twigs cupping three speckled eggs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z 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. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The Horntail didn’t seem to want to take off, she was too protective of her eggs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Once the stove was roaring, she set the eggs and wedges of fruit on top, and sat to wait. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I opened my purse, meek, and Mrs. Diamant stared down at the squashed butter and the eggs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She holds them out revealing two big eggs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In this case, the fly inserted its eggs inside the moth cocoon. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “The cyclotron evidently proves to be a sort of hen laying golden eggs,” Segre wrote Lawrence fulsomely. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sliced hot dogs and scrambled eggs with some pepper. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The egg had a tiny fracture, hardly noticeable, but its life was oozing out, just like all the other broken eggs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, she and 426 left the eggs and flew off to the courthouse cupola. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It was like rotten eggs and burning plastic mixed together. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In a can of water from the mountain stream, I boiled three eggs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched it being turned into meat, milk, and eggs by cows and chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The dining-room table was set for five; there were eggs, bacon, toast, jam, butter, milk, apples . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "Infest him, sire, with maggots in his flesh and spider eggs in his eyes. Put larvae inside here"—it tapped its forehead—"so he can hear them buzzing as they grow." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Our parents never did find out about those blue eggs, just as they never knew about the turtle we found on the road one day, after a car had crushed it. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z With the money we got selling the meat one afternoon, a few weeks after the government man’s visit, we bought some potatoes and some eggs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes followed everything greedily, watching him pull the eggs up into soft ridges in the center as they cooked and tilt the pan to let raw egg flow into the space. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When she opened it, she found piles of the finest velvets and damasks the Free Cities could produce . . . and resting on top, nestled in the soft cloth, three huge eggs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They ate the eggs from the nests until the jungle had no voice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It kept crackling and sparking at odd moments, and every time Ron tried to transfigure his beetle it engulfed him in thick gray smoke that smelled of rotten eggs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Before they leave, he asks the frau to bring a dozen hard-boiled eggs and hands Werner four. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A yolk addressing a sea of boiled eggs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’d say, “Can we get eggs?” even though I don’t want eggs, just to push back the obviousness of the situation, to make it more normal-sounding. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I missed my room, my bed, Phil’s scrambled eggs, and even Gay’s chicken nuggets. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I nuzzle the cloak Arabella gave me, pulling it more tightly under my neck, and I cradle my waist-pouch full of dragon eggs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “How could I have forgotten how much I love scrambled eggs?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If I found a nest of nightingale eggs or chicks, I was not to disturb it or the mother would abandon her roost and the chicks would die. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The Giant Do-Nut smelled like fried eggs and donuts and other people's closets. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Here is a picture of the eggs in the nest box, just for you. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Its eggs were unwittingly brought aboard ships in water casks, where they hatched into larvae and grew into adult mosquitoes in seven days. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z We have tea and boxty and boiled eggs and we all fall asleep. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Acromantula eggs are defined as Class A Non-Tradeable Goods By the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, meaning that severe penalties are attached to their importation or sale. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad got eggs Benedict with a side of potatoes, and Mom got a veggie omelet with fresh avocado on top. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I walked over to Raheem, who was dishing out eggs to the line of kids at the table. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A loco moco is a mountain of rice topped with a hamburger patty topped with gravy topped with two fried eggs. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Orange juice, bacon, and eggs are the perfect study food. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Spiral cut ham, eggs cooked every which way, jam in pots, bowls of oranges. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Between stops, Art told me that it was the eggs that got him his new customers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Next to him, he had an open carton of eggs, all new and freshly bought. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He felt like getting up early and watching his dad try to make breakfast, crack the eggs and drip them all over the counter. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Servants push in breakfast carts overflowing with hard-boiled eggs, grilled-meat and fruit tarts, pastries, fried bacon, and sweet toast, but Ivy shoos them out, then races to Elisabeth's office door. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I load a plate with eggs, sausages, batter cakes covered in thick orange preserves, slices of pale purple melon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After the eggs hatched, I put shreds of abalone under the tree and these she fed her young. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning the thirty men working in the kitchen prepared three hundred dozen eggs, twenty-five hundred pancakes, five hundred pounds of bacon and sausage, and 180 gallons of coffee. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z So I gave him all of the milk; two of the eggs I left in the hen house, thinking I would pick them up when I left and carry them back in my hand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The fairy lays up to fifty eggs at a time on the underside of leaves. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “A slip of paper? Something you find in a basket of eggs?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He’d written all the facts and numbers in the center of the board, but he’d also painted a border of smiling eggs to add an “artistic design element.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Hoots!” cried various auld wives who were in the castle delivering eggs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want the eggs or tortillas? I don’t.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Mother had sent him over to the school to take Leah some boiled eggs for dinner, and he came running back to tell us Anatole was over there looking like he’d seen a ghost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One day when the tiercel was brooding the eggs and Frightful was looping and gliding, she heard Sam whistle from the mountain that rose above the river. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “You tell your old great-granny: no milk, no eggs,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Chickens poisoned by aldrin used on a neighboring farm have passed on the chemical to their eggs; hens experimentally fed DDT laid eggs containing as much as 65 parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She had an order of scram-bled eggs and bacon, and a small mountain of toast that was disappearing quickly. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My notes read: “February 10 “I think the great horned owls have eggs! My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter grabbed his basket of eggs and went back over to kiss Big Ma, who wiped his kiss away like she’d been buzzed by a fly. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z At two, having eaten a lunch of fried eggs and Jerusalem artichokes, canned pears and bread spread with clover honey, he went out to change the oil in his tractor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When Adria took the container from under the sink this time, we noticed a yellow blur seeping out from the eggs and clouding the water. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When the eggs are done, Dad and I mash everything together with mayonnaise and mustard. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I went on eating my eggs and bacon, Jasper at my feet, the old dog in her basket in the corner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “You could probably fly down there once a week in a squadron plane and bring back all the fresh eggs we need.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Rolled eggs, rice balls with meat and vegetables, were ground into the dirty floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He stayed quiet as Rupa and Ma served lentils, rice, spinach, potatoes, and eggs. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Justin is polishing off a plate of eggs, sausage, and hash browns. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The flies come buzzing around the corpses and lay millions of eggs on the bodies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some life-forms on earth can survive a long time under the harshest conditions: animal eggs hatch after many years and plant seeds sprout after centuries. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Marcus’s recipe said to add a couple of eggs next, so we did that. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z In a nearby room lit by dim red lights, she had watched another gloved worker look through trays of stacked fertilized eggs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Our only material goods from the outside world of late were comic books, which my sisters cherished like Marco Polo’s spices from China, and powdered eggs and milk, to which we felt indifferent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Two Sundays ago, my brother watched as the other kids on the block hunted multicolored eggs in nearby bushes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The table was piled high with food: matzah, roast beef, hard- boiled eggs, goblets of deep red wine. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Why go sit on a bike for hours, then go eat pancakes and sausage and eggs and bacon and everything on a menu? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Ni^oise salad is the first course, which I spent all morning making, arranging the hard-boiled eggs and olives perfectly on each of the twenty-five plates. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t buy eggs in Malta,” he confessed, with an air of slight and clandestine amusement that was the only departure from industrious sobriety Yossarian had ever seen him make. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I sit there thinking the secret to good scrambled eggs was probably the one true thing Safer ever told me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My mother places in front of me a plate with four fried eggs, hash browns, and a pretty big piece of steak. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “There was quite a crush,” I say, picking up my fork and sliding it under my eggs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Morning begins with a trip, by car, to the Holiday gas station’s convenience store, where I buy a pop container full of ice and a packet of two hard-boiled eggs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They are in fact spruce budworm eggs, in section; though I would not expect anyone but a biologist to recognize them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He stopped hunting for eggs, and stared at me again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pickled eggs are purple,” she mumbled through the mush in her mouth. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z In the refrigerator, we found eggs and milk and a pink box of glazed doughnuts. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She sets plates of steaming scrambled cheese eggs, French toast, golden hash brown rounds, and fried green tomatoes on the table. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z "I made him eggs but he didn't eat them." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The kitchen smells like a mixture of spoiled plums, rotten eggs and brine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Records attesting to his death were pullulating like insect eggs and verifying each other beyond all contendon. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Well,” said the goose, “that’s not my trouble. I have nothing at all on my mind, but I’ve too many things under my behind. Have you ever tried to sleep while sitting on eight eggs?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Muhammad is in front of the kitchen sink, chugging raw eggs from a carton for a new regimen he’s on. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The air smelled like rotten eggs and smoke. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z "Hi, Jess. Want some?" she asked, pointing with her spatula at the pan of sizzling eggs. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Let’s go inside. See what your mom is cooking. Probably scrambled eggs.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Dad thought that any pet which didn’t lay eggs was an extravagance that a man with twelve children could ill afford. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z During his continued trips around the city, he saw cars set afire, buggies overturned and their horses lashed, women assaulted, sailors fighting with civilians, and rocks and eggs thrown at innocent bystanders. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She did the proper cooking, and I did near everything else, like washing pots and plates and beating eggs till my arms fell off for Madam’s almond jumbles and plum cakes with icing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z You couldn’t afford to buy a dozen eggs at a time, but you could buy two eggs because that’s all you needed that morning. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Since Mr. Popper knew that penguins lay only two eggs a season, he was astonished when, a little later, the third egg was found under Greta. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z She said so to Windy and he told her she looked like she’d like to climb onto the plate and roll around in the eggs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “A kilo of fresh eels and two dozen eggs!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But she shrugged and said, “Good riddance. Her daughter has lice. I saw the eggs in her hair.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Empty paint buckets, paint brushes, stepladders, stools, saucepans, frying-pans, rotten eggs, dead rats, bottles of hair-oil—anything those brutes could lay their hands on came raining down upon the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z This morning there were eggs, but there are no more eggs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why are those called eggs Benedict? Is it because that’s what Benedict Arnold used to eat for breakfast?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Dad pushed his plate of eggs away and forced a smile. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I don’t touch anything sour or pickled, cabbage, fried eggs, or the spicy red sauce. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Then I went into the kitchen and had my baked beans and broccoli while Father had sausages and eggs and fried bread and a mug of tea. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I can feed you, but I sure can’t sit on the eggs.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He had trouble sitting still, and he did not like eggs, and he did not want nutcakes either, and he liked to throw the things he didn’t like, to be sure everyone knew. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Up in the cab, Neumann Two says, “You never scrambled her eggs, you old virgin.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Roamer leans in so close, I can smell the eggs he had for breakfast. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I had too many eggs, so I tossed together a bread pudding.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z At the humans’ farm, there were eggs in the chicken coop. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They ate steak and eggs, fried potatoes and coffee, and then Testa- verde put down his mess tray and took a pad of paper and a pen from his pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “It takes just one person to ruin the whole thing, and then you wouldn’t have your fresh eggs fried in my pure creamery butter any more.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They were useless since they couldn’t lay eggs. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The vitality which the snail’s eggs possess surpasses belief. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “If he doesn’t come back soon, I’m going to start tossing eggs,” said Enoch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He washed his face and ate the eggs and beans his grandmother prepared. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Dyed the color of the blood of Christ, more eggs fill a bowl on the dining room table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When I carried the groceries back and left them on the porch, there was smoke coming from the chimney, and the milk, eggs, and vegetables were gone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Where the turtles lay their eggs,” I said, “and all the kids go swimming.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The summer food of the white-breasted nuthatch and the brown creeper, for example, includes the eggs, larvae, and adults of a very large number of insects injurious to trees. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I buy the eggs, flustered, and on the way back I see him again, leaning against a wall, waiting for me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “He ain’t. They give him eggs for stamps. He puts stamps on their letters and then trades out the eggs at Grandpa’s store or at Williford, Burns, and Rice in Commerce.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Some believed that sunshine shrank drops of dew into eggs, which hatched into maggots. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If he wasn’t rolling out a new beer keg, he was placing hard-boiled eggs in a wire hamper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Here my father ran his hand along the length of a sleeping python as he hunted for morning eggs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "We moved one hundred seven eggs," she said. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “I wish it every night. That tablecloth was the color of blood. That hen could lay eggs like nobody’s business.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “You guys already ate? I was going to make eggs.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Pheasants fed quantities too small to kill them nevertheless laid few eggs, and the chicks that hatched soon died. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Rearrange the ideas: This souffle recipe calls for eight eggs. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, the gravel beds of the streams which the salmon seek out for spawning received an unusual abundance of eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She was quite pretty and smelled like fresh eggs, but there have been many grateful and pretty girls. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Every Saturday morning from June until mid-November, I went with Mother to the Farmers' Market and helped her sell her fresh produce and free range eggs. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Others, led by an instinct that simulates foresight, merely lay their eggs on a leaf so that a browsing caterpillar will eat them inadvertently. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z People were buying toothpaste, having arguments, picking up eggs on the way home from work. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was sitting up to the table and making quick work of the fried eggs and corn bread Eliza set before him. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about all the routine things I should be doing—milking the cow, feeding the chickens, collecting the eggs, and weeding the garden. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Be a good thing for all of us if ham and eggs grew on the side-hills.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Somkit went back into Mark's kitchen and came out with dishes of fish meatball soup and fried eggs and scallions over rice. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Two hours later, when Frightful again turned the eggs, there was still no movement. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He built the fire and cooked the eggs. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was warm to the touch and smelled like rotten eggs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks to Gott you survived. But you are so thin, liebchen. You look just like your mother, she works so hard. Here, two fat hens for you and your family. And have some eggs.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you can pour in your mixed-up eggs and salsa, and very carefully stir them around until the eggs are cooked. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Fried bread, fried eggs, blood sausages, and barley porridge made up the meal, washed down with thin yellow beer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As if someone had shaken pepper over fried eggs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the bees would be calm after all, the snakes silent, and the chickens full of eggs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Nothing was said at breakfast, and Eleanor was served coffee and eggs and rolls just like the others. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Why is it that we pay for those things without blinking but won’t pay an extra dollar for a dozen organic eggs? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We're all lined up like a row of eggs in a carton, moving in time with one another. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Well, I don’t know about you, but that sounds exactly like Henrietta’s eggs to me. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I want to get rid of this sin and have rashers and eggs and no guilt, no torment. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Henry switched off the lamp and went to the stove and began, rather mechanically, to make some bacon and eggs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Plates of petit-waffles, boiled eggs, tiny quiches, grape clusters, and sweet luna pastries are placed in front of me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Grandmother Maria cooks plantains, spaghetti, and fresh eggs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The hens didn’t even stir when he took their eggs. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then she said to JimmyTrotter, “Son, you take as many eggs as you need.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I mean, after a while they just dropped like eggs and we loved having them, but I couldn’t see how we could afford a church with all these kids. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi placed the eggs on the counter and pulled a napkin out of a drawer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She just needs some eggs and a slab of bacon for breakfast, she says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z While Doreah brushed her hair until it shone like spun silver, she thought about the moon, and eggs, and dragons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They all sat on the warm sand near the wagon and ate bread and butter and cheese, hard-boiled eggs and cookies. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to me and said, “Still have about six minutes. Maybe five. Let’s grab all the hens we can. No time for the eggs.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But inside there are stories, there are biscuits and grits and eggs, the fire in the potbellied stove already filling the house with warmth. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z It was not until she began laying her eggs into the hole that Toomer rose, and with his strangely graceful limp, made his way down to the turtle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And the butter for the week and half the eggs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Lee told us how it is. If the lady has one egg, the twins look alike. If she has two eggs, they don’t.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She gave me a hug and said, “But unless you find us a dog that can pull the plow, or lay some eggs, or turn itself into bacon, we don’t need it.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That order had apparently not yet been conveyed to the clinic’s kitchen, for the breakfast tray contained scrambled eggs, three rashers of bacon, and several pieces of buttered toast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The penetrating call touched Frightful’s survival instinct, and she flew off the eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Dragon hide, blood, heart, fiver and horn all have highly magical properties, but dragon eggs are defined as Class A Non-Tradeable Goods. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie mopped up the last of my eggs with the projectile floor toast and stuffed it into his fat mouth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And then Ms. Morales had started fussing over him—“Oh, do you want me to fix you eggs instead? Or something else?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Dean pointed at the same girl who used to pretend to be a pony at Miss Throckmorton's and make nests using acorns as eggs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In Michigan, eggs taken from the oviducts of robins dead of DDT poisoning showed concentrations up to 200 parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I took a bite of my Just Breakfast and pretended eggs were just eggs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Breakfast was sausage, which he could not eat, and scrambled eggs, which were nearly inedible. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z So if you have only four eggs, reduce all the other ingredients in the recipe by half. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-four letters to Harry found their way into the house, rolled up and hidden inside each of the two dozen eggs that their very confused milkman had handed Aunt Petunia through the living room window. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The Usurper has woken the dragon now, she told herself . . . and her eyes went to the dragon's eggs resting in their nest of dark velvet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After checking on the chickens and collecting eggs each morning, it was to be my job to milk the cows. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight’s meal of fried bologna, french fries, and eggs means only one thing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When I was a kid, Mom used to hide colored eggs for me all over the house. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The water started to steam almost immediately, and she slid a dozen eggs into it carefully. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Hey, at least you got to do that,” I say, shrugging as I pick at my eggs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z We store the eggs in a musty, falling-down wooden shed next to the cow pen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-five fluffy little yellow chicks hatched from our eggs today, my grandmother wrote. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She left me a breakfast plate on the counter, steak and eggs. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I make us scrambled eggs with cheese, making sure the cheese is nice and melted before I turn off the heat. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Other eggs were taken from nests left unattended as parent robins were stricken with poison; these too contained DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Irritably, settling down to make the best of a poor situation, they begin preparations for the laying of eggs and the taking care of the brood. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe, he thought, it really is time to move Frightful and her eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He would bring Mariam chocolate candy wrapped in foil, a basketful of dyed boiled eggs, cookies. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The human eggs that jump-started their development were always in demand, and commanded a high price. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Wishbone had liverwurst and scrambled eggs for dinner every night for a week. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Someone threw raw eggs at the blue house. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Shallots and mushrooms and hard-boiled eggs and bechamel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Newt shrugged as he dug into his eggs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z No matter how much my mother bathed him, he always smelled of burnt eggs and oranges. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z On a steep cliff his mate of last year had laid eggs that had broken under her weight. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I was just fixing to get up off the back steps and go gather the eggs when Campbell Junior started squalling in the kitchen. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Silkworm eggs appeared on a list of parasites. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Children opened gifts and played with dyed hard-boiled eggs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He’s carrying a basket full of plastic eggs, all colored blue. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the front of the room, Ellegua, god of the crossroads, inhabits the clay eggs in nine rustic bowls of varying sizes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He said I’d grow up powerful if I had nothing else but two eggs in a pint of porter every day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “And cheese, and scrambled eggs with horseradish! Do not put your hands on me!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “One dude had a plate of green eggs, another had a slice of ham?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z They have been found in fish in remote mountain lakes, in earthworms burrowing in soil, in the eggs of birds — and in man himself. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll look after your mama. She’d want you in school,” Grandma said as she fixed me a big plate of fried eggs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Slabs of ham, poached eggs, the leg of a roast chicken, thick Irish stew, lemon meringue. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A brown hen sat on the nest, her wings fluffed around the eggs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He had the eggs, the rest of the ham, the corn cakes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Go sit down,” I said, tending the eggs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z But after a while Fritz brought some eggs and boiled them in the syrup. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘Not Egypt! I really don’t want to go to Egypt!' The great man reeled back in his chair as though I had slapped him in the face with a plate of poached eggs. ‘ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In another commercial neighborhood, gangs ransacked every grocery store, littering the streets with squashed fruit, flour, eggs, and sugar and turning the neighborhood into what resembled one giant dump. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Then I come back home to Miss Trotter with a basketful of eggs, and as she inspects each dozen, hoping for a had egg to fuss about, she tells her side. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Her knees were speckled with scabs, and her hair was a jumble of short dark curls thick enough to hide Easter eggs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z That maybe I never knew cupcakes had eggs in them, because I never made a cupcake before. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Next Milton, in different clothes, is greeting more customers; and Jimmy the cook is cracking eggs one- handed; and Lefty is looking left out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The place was stuffy and had a very bad smell, as of rotten eggs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Its eggs are cement-coloured and particularly hard-shelled; the young club their way out using their tails, whose spikes are well developed at birth. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She whisked the eggs and poured them into a skillet on the stove. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Frightful stood over the eggs, not sitting on them to start incubation, but protecting them from the freezing air. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The eyelids and mouth are covered with small white eggs, some already hatching to become maggots, which crawl and disappear into the skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to help feed the hens and collect the eggs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Adele wrote that the hen with the feathers on her feet was sitting on seven eggs. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I could feel the lice and their eggs peppering the back of my neck. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z After trials of several species, 3 billion eggs of an Argentine moth were released in Australia in 1930. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z So is the milk or eggs that come from grass-fed animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They’d brought slabs of hard salt beef, dried cod, dried beans, turnips, carrots, sacks of barley meal and wheaten flour, pickled eggs, barrels of onions and apples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The weird thing was: a middle-aged couple was standing in the buffet line right behind the devil dog, patiently waiting their turn for the eggs. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They hustle through the gates together, gulp fried eggs in the refectory together, march across the quadrangle, perform roll call, salute the colors, shoot rifles, run, bathe, and suffer together. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Weismann had proposed a radical alternative: perhaps hereditary information was contained exclusively in sperm and egg cells, with no direct mechanism for an acquired characteristic to be transmitted into sperm or eggs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He makes pancakes, eggs, and bacon, and then he sits between me and Malia on the couch as we watch cartoons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z For the full-month ceremony my husband had found two eggs, which we dyed red by boiling them with a flag. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have given half his fortune, if he had one, for a nice piece of raw, red meat, instead of the usual breast of chicken or scrambled eggs with asparagus. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z We stopped at a grocery store, where, per Augustus’s instruction, I bought a dozen eggs while he and Isaac waited in the car. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Wasn’t long before we was working on a mess of eggs, grits, and biscuits. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll have a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, and basket of plums, please,” he mumbled. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At home, I’d never put anything on my eggs, but I wondered if it would be rude not to try it. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z With the eggs carefully tucked in my basket, I moved on to Mr. Owens’s stall. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He gets up and hands me a can of peas—but it isn’t full of peas; it’s full of scrambled eggs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There were caterers offering bite-sized quiches and poached eggs in puddles of velvety hollandaise. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Put out by the Royal Baking Powder Company, “Best War Time Recipes” was packed with ways to cook to save flour, eggs, and such, what with the war on. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Inside were three packages, wrapped up in white tissue paper, and clustered together in a tender, intimate way like eggs in a nest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Each glistening eclair is a grenade aimed at Celia’s political beliefs, each strawberry shortcake proof—in butter, cream, and eggs—of Lourdes’s success in America, and a reminder of the ongoing shortages in Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They offer scrambled eggs or a bowl of chicken soup. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Will, I thought I told you to go get the eggs,” Mama interrupted with a mad sound in her voice. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They gathered the eggs, and they helped make cheese. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They were halfway through their plates of eggs and sausages when Mr. Weasley jumped to his feet, waving and grinning at a man who was striding toward them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I hate it if I'm eating bacon and eggs or something and somebody else is only eating toast and coffee. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Got any eggs?” asked Rooster Jim, all spruced up in mostly clean clothes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I’ll take two eggs over light, bacon, a cup of coffee, and hash browns.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They are transmitted, like mitochondria, from generation to generation of eggs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A horrible smell filled his nostrils, like eggs and milk gone rotten. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Where there are fewer, the deficiency may be remedied by collecting and distributing the baglike cocoons containing the eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And Harris didn’t help the situation: he caused near-pandemonium when he appeared in a BBC documentary saying that the eggs of man and ape could now be joined to create a “mape.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He reached into the nest and pulled die eggs out one at a time. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, the smell of fire and cooked eggs wafted into his room. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Hold on while I look up Nigeria,” he said, and she went back to stirring her eggs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “But I cheat a little. On warm afternoons, I just pull a little straw over the eggs and go out for a walk.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Peggy placed a plate, knife, fork, spoon, sugar, cream, and bread before him; then she dished up the bacon and eggs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She teaches Max to sing the song while I slice the bread and boil the eggs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Spencer added, “Yeah, but remember last summer when it got so hot we had to feed the chickens ice water to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The judges took our eggs up to the top of the building, except for a young curly-haired judge with a name tag that read SHAWN. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Carl chuckled to her, “Did I tell you what I said to him? I said if ham and eggs grew on the side-hills I’d put him out to pasture, like old Easter.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z These ladies seemed most disinterested in setting on their eggs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His horse-eyes were wild with excitement and his big, yellow teeth chomped on something that smelled like spoiled eggs. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We lied and told her we had eaten eggs for dinner. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I shifted my backpack on my shoulders, feeling the weight of our eggs and their armor, trying to move as little as possible so they wouldn’t break. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Most of their eggs are quite safe—and delicious! But it was the exploding ones that earned them their rather unkind name: Armageddon chickens.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Why did they give the dragon's eggs to you? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He began cooking eggs, whistling the Laurel and Hardy theme tune, as if the hurricane that was Aunt Gloria had never been. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve smelled rotten eggs? That’s sulfur dioxide, released from the chemical reaction of rotting organic material. This is going to stink just like that.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to force feed her—strong soup and eggs and cod liver oil.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’d like some eggs too, wouldn’t you?” she asked me with a smile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Their eggs are the size of a man’s head, their hatchlings notoriously bloodthirsty. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "Please, Viserys. It is forbidden. Put down the sword and come share my cushions. There's drink, food ... is it the dragon's eggs you want? You can have them, only throw away the sword." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When the fly eggs hatched, its larvae fed on the moth pupa, pupated into flies, and flew away. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There were several incubators and hatchers where the eggs stayed warm until the chicks Were born. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There would not be anything fresh except milk and eggs until I could get the garden going again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The cafe served refried beans with my eggs instead of grits like they did back in Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No one has offered to share what I smell: sardines, dried durian, salted eggs, toasted sesame. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He buys Enrique a plate of eggs and refried beans and a soda, another gift. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The Sea Queen room smelled of eggs and filter coffee. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As she combs the emerald bushes, she looks for telltale signs—eggs no bigger than pinpricks, or leaf edges scalloped by the jaws of an inching worm. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Our first stop is at a store with another wooden sign: three eggs, a bee, a cow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She loved pickled eggs more than anything, she said. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She and Aunt Pam move to the ends of the stove, stirring the eggs and turning the bacon. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Look,” he began in his sharp voice, “you say you have seven goslings. There were eight eggs. What happened to the other egg? Why didn’t it hatch?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z A mountain of hard-boiled eggs that turned into children when my hands touched them, dark-eyed children whose faces begged me for a handful of powdered milk, my clothes, whatever I had. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would’ve thought you were too refined for some hot sauce on your eggs.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He could climb a tree; but that was putting all his eggs in one basket. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The eggs had awakened it fully, roaringly, so that it tore at him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The secular calendar whirled like a carnival wheel and offered carnival prizes—a fat Santa instead of the infant God; colored eggs and chocolate bunnies instead of the death and resurrection of Christ. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the weeks to come, he’d go about his regular business while I went in for daily ultrasounds to monitor my eggs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I swallowed and looked at the runny eggs and tried to pretend they looked good. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She made a pot of fresh coffee, some toast, and scrambled a couple of eggs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “They were the eggs of the hen your mind was inhabiting.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They got under way slicing ham, laying out fried chicken, shaking paprika on the deviled eggs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z While I paused to cry and my math teacher passed me a box of tissues — do all the kids crack like robins’ eggs when they get hauled in here? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every child pays fourpence a week. Sometimes they pay with eggs or wool or such things instead. It will help, Kit, a great deal.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She set a frying pan over the flames and broke some eggs into it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You had to use Passover dishes and we had a big seder, where the family sat down and the table was set with matzoh and parsley, boiled eggs and other traditional Jewish food. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen a show on television about sea turtles that came up onto beaches and laid their eggs in the sand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate the tail, the eggs, even the head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The soup was made with eggs and lemons, th6 long green peppers stuffed with cheese and onions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Harry shook his head and applied himself to his scrambled eggs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I pushed my plate of fried eggs away from me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, getting meat and eggs from the Salatins helped these folks solve their dilemma, at least a little. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Without a word, the man puts a large sandwich stuffed with scrambled eggs into Rodas’s hands. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He pushed the plate of eggs away, picked up his mug of coffee, and looked out the window. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Possessive of her eggs, the hen kept her eyes fixed on us, no matter how fast we moved. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Like an angular, arthritic hen settling stiffly on her clutch of eggs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Below the dripping awning, a newspaper pressed over her head, Boori Ma squatted and watched the monsoon ants as they marched along the clothesline, carrying eggs in their mouths. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Still another sold eggs from a basket, and another sold coconuts. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z While the potatoes are cooking, I mix eggs, tomatoes, a little onion, a sprinkle of salt, and black pepper. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The eggs had broken on the floor, there was orange juice and shattered glass. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs, is what he says. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Enough chickens to lay fresh eggs for every officer in the squadron at five cents apiece from the mess fund,” Milo answered. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The corpse teetered on its chair and then, like a sack of eggs, it slid to one side and crashed to the floor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Shuttled from one specialist to the next, the girl had been prescribed to shun garlic, consume disproportionate quantities of bitters, meditate, drink green coconut water, and swallow raw duck’s eggs beaten in milk. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “She’s a good woman, your mother. You go to church and you have no worries! How many eggs you want, liebchen?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept going mostly by selling milk and eggs to the people around. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He noted what it ate, where it slept, where it laid its eggs, and—if he knew— how long it lived. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When I get the cows and chickens back in, I can give him fresh milk and eggs to eat; they are nourishing and easy to digest. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She climbed the pyre herself to place the eggs around her sun-and-stars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She brought him his eggs and went to the barn for milk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s Easter Sunday and you can have all the eggs you can hold. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The air reeks something horrible, a combination of carrion, rotting eggs, and Cadets’ quarters in high summer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They were already eating, the smell of microwaved sausage and fried eggs coating the apartment, when Doreen walked in, carrying three bags of groceries. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z For breakfast we had scrambled eggs or Cream of Wheat with globs of butter and sugar. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z This abandoned library parking lot was like an alternate universe where everyone really cared about raw eggs, and holding hands was a totally acceptable thing to do. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I thought about how this must be what it's like to go to heaven—walking toward the blinding light, with the smell of bacon and eggs all around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z When he finally turned his attention to the eggs, he trimmed the egg white up to the yolk. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They all ordered massive plates of eggs, pancakes, and reindeer sausage, though Frank looked a little worried about the reindeer. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Hanako stared at the food for a moment, then fell upon it and didn’t bother with the fork, just picked up the eggs in her hand and shoved them into her mouth. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The eggs of the mantis are secure in little cases of thin parchment attached to the branch of a shrub by the mother who lived her life span with the summer that is gone. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then, out of pure instinct, I went for the eggs. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The sun was finally starting to set by the time we ate dinner, did homework, gathered eggs, and got our clothes ready for school the next day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z |
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