Sentences with addling
ad·dle
A a - Addle eggs.
- The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the globulin and a whitening of the egg.
- Efforts so far have centered on addling, or shaking, swan eggs to kill the developing embryo.
- In Rhode Island, environmental officials have taken to addling --or shaking--the nests of mute swans to prevent their eggs from maturing.
- Boredom was addling the brains of extras seated near me, and to amuse themselves, they joked about the glamour of working as extras.
- This brobdingnagian sprawl of a cultural beano is more than just a brain- addling, eye-befuddling, foot-bruising experience.