Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Besides, the thought of Miss Francis for the work had been sheer sentimentality, the sort of false reasoning which would make of every mother an obstetrician or every hen an oologist.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward

This composition hardens like pucca masonry in a very short time, and secures the nest from all marauders except the oologist.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

The common sandpipers' eggs assimilate so closely with the tints around them as to make their discovery a matter of no small difficulty, as every oologist can testify who has searched for them.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel