EMBRYO in a Sentence

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The Little Theaters, which were to give piquancy to American drama three or four years later, were only in embryo.

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 Meanings and Examples of EMBRYO
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embryo
 n.  completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
Classic Sentence:
1  The Friends of the A B C were not numerous, it was a secret society in the state of embryo, we might almost say a coterie, if coteries ended in heroes.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
2  So the barricade of the Rue de la Chanvrerie was only an outline, and an embryo compared to the two colossal barricades which we have just sketched; but it was formidable for that epoch.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NO...
3  One of these virtuosi seemed to think that I might be an embryo, or abortive birth.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
4  The Little Theaters, which were to give piquancy to American drama three or four years later, were only in embryo.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence:
1  Between the eighth week of development and birth a human embryo is called a foetus.
2  Genes control the development of an embryo.
3  Exposure to radiation can lead to malformation of the embryo.
4  The project is still at the embryo stage.
5  Chinese scientists said they've produced a cloned embryo of a giant panda.
6  An egg yolk is the part of an egg which serves as the food source for the developing embryo inside.