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Example sentences for "poached"

Lexicographically close words:
pneumonia; pneumonic; pneumothorax; poach; poacher; poachers; poaching; poah; poast
  1. Drink up yer corffee, and don't lose a scrap o' that poached egg, for ef yer do it 'ud be sinful waste.

  2. By-and-by the coffee, the rolls and butter, and the poached eggs appeared.

  3. Now lay on one poached egg for each service.

  4. Remove and then place on a hot platter, flattening well; then place one poached egg on each pepper.

  5. Dodo, Dodo," it cried, "the man brought me two tepid poached eggs!

  6. You know this music makes me perfectly wild, but it can't be done on poached eggs.

  7. You couldn't eat poached eggs at a ball--could you?

  8. Dear Dodo," she went on, "you know when I'm composing a symphony I want something more exciting than two poached eggs.

  9. Edith Staines talked in a loud, determined voice, and emphasised her points with little dashes and nourishes of the dish of poached eggs.

  10. Now, Dodo, could I have done that after eating two poached eggs?

  11. We went up the stairs, I going first to lead the way, and Von Marlo following, bearing the little tray with its fragrant tea, hot toast, and poached egg.

  12. Von Marlo, who had poached the egg so beautifully, now came forward and told me that I was not cutting up the rabbit with any sense of its anatomical proportions.

  13. Now, until the affair of the poached egg he had hardly noticed me.

  14. Poached an egg for me, and cured my headache, and I scolded him as though he were a rascal!

  15. But where's my Knight of the Poached Egg?

  16. Then he looked at the poached egg, put on his glasses, and gazed at it more fixedly.

  17. And where is the Knight of the Poached Egg?

  18. Father related the story of Von Marlo and the poached egg to the other children.

  19. A hen had something to sing about all right, and so had we, when we thought of poached eggs and fried chicken.

  20. Have ready six baked or poached eggs, and six rounds of hot buttered toast; spread the tomato mixture on the toast, cover with the eggs, and serve quickly.

  21. Only fresh eggs can be poached successfully, so that this is a good test for freshness.

  22. Poached Eggs--Oil the skillet and fill it to within a half inch of the top with water.

  23. Soft Boiled Eggs--A soft boiled egg has much the same consistency as a poached egg.

  24. Many families, however, like the addition of a heartier dish, such as boiled or poached eggs, fish hash, or minced meat on toast.

  25. If eggs are served for breakfast they are usually cooked in the shell, poached or scrambled.

  26. But of all the picture's admirers who stood before it, I believe I was the only one who longed for Boadicea to stalk from her frame, bringing me corned-beef hash with poached egg.

  27. His theory was fixed around corned-beef hash with poached egg.

  28. Perhaps you have for breakfast poached eggs on toast, Deerfoot sausage or boiled ham.

  29. Arrange on a hot platter and on each place a French poached egg.

  30. When dressed like this, 3 or 4 poached eggs may be placed on the top: oysters, or chopped mushrooms, or balls of oyster forcemeat, may be laid round the dish.

  31. A poached egg should not be overdone, as its appearance and taste will be quite spoiled if the yolk be allowed to harden.

  32. Here's the first commission I have ever had to paint a portrait, and the sitter is that human poached egg that has butted in and bounced me out of my inheritance.

  33. I sat down and dallied in a dazed sort of way with a poached egg.

  34. Either the chicken or veal can be formed into balls about the size of a walnut and fried or poached for soups.

  35. But, do you know, what had happened to Mr. Grimes had such an effect on him that he never poached salmon any more.

  36. It was six o'clock when she emerged, amazingly nourished, from that strange place where long-backed elderly men with tired eyes were hurriedly eating poached eggs on chilly little clothless marble tables, and continued down Regent Street.

  37. Poached eggs are commonly served on toast, or with fried ham or bacon, with spice or vegetable seasoning at will.

  38. A cup of tea or coffee or bouillon, a little thin toast, a poached egg, milk if they like it hot, or milk toast.

  39. By and by the pusher is changed for a small piece of bread, which is held in his left hand and between thumb and first two fingers, and against which the fork shovels up such elusive articles as corn, peas, poached egg, etc.

  40. Mr. Carrington held out for a while; but in the background, behind the more prominent figures in the affair, lurked the Terror with a veritable poached pheasant; and at last he made terms.

  41. The summonses should be withdrawn on condition that nothing more was heard about that poached pheasant and that Mr. D'Arcy Rosenheimer contributed fifty guineas to the funds of the Deeping Cottage Hospital.

  42. You may say, if you like, that the man is free to think himself a poached egg.

  43. But it is surely a more massive and important fact that if he is a poached egg he is not free to eat, drink, sleep, walk, or smoke a cigarette.

  44. Now as they neared the Ghost Heath Wood Some riders grumbled, "What's the good: It's shot all day and poached all night.

  45. The Café National is an excellent place at which to sup, cold poached eggs in aspic being one of the delicacies of the house.

  46. Perhaps, as two negatives make one affirmative, it may be thought that two layers of moonshine might coalesce into one pancake; and two Barmecide banquets might compose one poached egg.

  47. Have ready some poached eggs in a deep dish, and pour the sauce over them.

  48. Lay triangles of buttered toast about the base of the mound, and on the top a poached egg.

  49. In the dish thus formed, on the top of the mince-meat, lay as many poached eggs as it will hold, sprinkling them with pepper and salt.


  50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "poached" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    baked; barbecued; coddled; curried; fired; fried; heated; parboiled; roast; scalloped; seared; stewed