Example Sentences

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He was enamored with the Russian giants, writing in 1953 that “those fertilized by both Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, who understand them both equally well,” have “an always formidable nature, with themselves and with others.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

After four hours in simulated zero gravity, the number of successfully fertilized mouse eggs dropped by 30 per cent compared to normal Earth conditions.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The female carries the fertilized eggs for about 30 days.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

"We have these fertilized eggs from many, many different genetic backgrounds and we raise them over a series of days until we have coral babies, coral teenagers," she explains.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

I have been underwatered, overpruned, fertilized and fussed over, ignored and neglected.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate