When Orville Platt ate a soft-boiled egg he concentrated on it.

A soft-boiled egg is better than six ounces of fine flour.

When she got up, she ate a soft-boiled egg and two pieces of toast.

With as much mind as a minnow and as much snap as a soft-boiled egg.

For breakfast, stale bread, a soft-boiled egg, fruit, and a cup of tea, not too strong.

In the mornings he had a soft-boiled egg.

The brick crunched heavily into the creature's bulbous left eye, bursting it like a soft-boiled egg.

The top half of the head was split, the skull slightly cracked, like a soft-boiled egg.

Then he was allowed a soft-boiled egg.

Tell one of the maids to bring me coffee, a soft-boiled egg and buttered toast to my room.

A young Irish industrial designer may have solved the perennial problem of how to produce the perfect soft-boiled egg.

An eggcup takes something as mundane as a soft-boiled egg and elevates it to the centerpiece of a meal.

My grandmother would serve the soup with a soft-boiled egg, halved and placed yolk up in a shallow soup bowl.

I cannot order a soft-boiled egg, but that he finds a dancing chicken to lay it directly on my plate.

Truth is I haven't got a mite of appetite, but just to keep up my strength I'll take a soft-boiled egg.

Aspic makes a comeback, enclosing diced vegetables and a soft-boiled egg, quickly heated beforehand, or wild mushrooms with foie gras mousse.