Example Sentences

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The rationing of World War I gave us the eggless, butterless, milkless cake.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2019

When the baby arrives, the jokes don’t really stop, but they take a brakes-stripping turn toward self-pity as Mr. Birbiglia becomes “this pudgy milkless vice president of the family.”

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2018

In blacked-out London the pinch of milkless, eggless, fruitless days began to twist morals out of shape.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's no longer cheap but it is eggless, milkless and butterless.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just the same, she is bound to go dry within a year, and then we will have a milkless, creamless, butterless period for a while, until the bull calf grows up.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien