Sentence examples for a half eggs from inspiring English sources

I write this after having eaten six and a half eggs in the last 24 hours.

A dozen and a half eggs a day doesn't make the difference between being in the red or the black.

He charges 2 euros ($2.82) for a half dozen eggs — about twice the cost of factory-farmed eggs at a French supermarket.

On his shelves sit three bottles of oil, a tray and a half of eggs and a tub of detergent.

Federal investigators have descended on Iowa to try to figure out the cause of a salmonella outbreak that may have sickened thousands of people and led to the recall of a half billion eggs.

Make up a half rotten egg (You go to the half point) if you do so prefer.

By Berton Roueché The New Yorker, March 2 , 1963P. 26 Conversational fragment overheard in the Gristede market on Waverly Place: WOMAN: "Can I buy less than a half-dozen eggs?" CLERK: "No, Ma'am".

The New Yorker, March 2 , 1963P. 26 Conversational fragment overheard in the Gristede market on Waverly Place: WOMAN: "Can I buy less than a half-dozen eggs?" CLERK: "No, Ma'am".

As more than 20 vehicles gathered on a dead-end Queens street on a Friday night last month, teams waited to collect briefcase-size boxes containing information on checkpoints they were to find and photograph along the way, as well as a collection of mischief-making materials: a half-dozen eggs, smoke bombs, maple syrup, a bottle of ketchup, glitter and a jar of Vaseline.

At first glance, "Farm Egg" seems like a joke, a step backward in our global progress, solving a problem that we don't actually have — just go to the damn store and buy a half-dozen eggs, lazy bones!

You may not realize it, but when you tell the grocer you'd like a half-dozen eggs for your family of six, you're using a primitive numbering system.