CALORIE in a Sentence

Learn CALORIE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for CALORIE, such as:
1. Potatoes fill us up without overloading us with calories.
2. We can measure the energy that food provides in calories.
3. Fats contain more calories than carbohydrates for the same weight.
4. Muscle cells need lots of fuel and therefore burn lots of calories.
5. It's quite likely that a reduction in calorie intake yields a reduction in metabolic rates.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CALORIE
calorie
 n.  unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
 n.  a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
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1  It's quite likely that a reduction in calorie intake yields a reduction in metabolic rates.
2  Some large chains of supermarkets publish booklets on calorie, fat, and fibre content of their foods.
3  Fats contain more calories than carbohydrates for the same weight.
4  Potatoes fill us up without overloading us with calories.
5  We can measure the energy that food provides in calories.
6  Muscle cells need lots of fuel and therefore burn lots of calories.
7  Building up muscle mass is going to cause you to burn more calories and increase your metabolic rate.