Sentence examples for a rotten egg from inspiring English sources

"a rotten egg" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone or something as being corrupt, deceitful, or morally reprehensible. Example: "After discovering the CEO's embezzlement scandal, the company's reputation was quickly tarnished and they were seen as a rotten egg in the eyes of the public."

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Last one in's a rotten egg.

"You're a rotten egg, you are," his mother says.

In getting rid of Mr Yadav, the government has thrown out a rotten egg.

And maybe they also grimaced as if they had just sucked down a rotten egg.

When he doesn't do what I ask, I tell him he comes from a rotten egg.

But perhaps one out of 10 times, a rotten egg will pass your smell test.

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After swallowing a "rotten eggs" flavored one, the father of six dramatically pounds on the table and pretends to throw up while a child's squeal of laughter can be heard.

Treating latex rubber sheet wastewater often leads to the generation of a rotten-egg odor from toxic H2S.

Some well-water supplies, for example, have a rotten-egg odour that is caused by hydrogen sulfide gas.

It can be detected by the human nose at a concentration of a few parts per billion and is readily identifiable as having a rotten-egg odour.

A rotten-egg stench that fouled a swath of Southern California in September was traced to the Salton Sea — the latest episode in the environmental woes of California's largest, but rapidly shrinking, inland lake.

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