MEAL in a Sentence
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270 example sentences for MEAL, such as:
1. Quick at meal, quick at work.
2. It is good to be merry at meal.
3. I always enjoy my evening meal alnoe.
4. The first course of the meal was soup.
5. We usually have a simple meal at midday.
2. It is good to be merry at meal.
3. I always enjoy my evening meal alnoe.
4. The first course of the meal was soup.
5. We usually have a simple meal at midday.
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Meanings and Examples of MEAL
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meal
n. the food served and eaten at one time
n. any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
Classic Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
1 Mattie, when the meal was over, went about her usual task of clearing the table and washing up the dishes.
2 Throughout the dismal meal, Gerald's booming voice battered against her ears until she thought she could endure it no longer.
3 "Prissy, find my salts," fluttered Pittypat, pushing back her chair from her half-eaten meal.
4 He devoted himself to Fanny with such sympathetic deference she even smiled at him, and the meal went well.
5 There would be a good meal at Tara tonight, in spite of the lack of side meat to boil with the vegetables.
6 They must have dried peas and sorghum and meal and rice and--and-- oh, so many things.
7 That was about enough to buy one square meal for them all, she thought ironically, now that Confederate money was worth almost less than nothing at all.
8 Scarlett had been restraining her appetite for hours, waiting for the return of the others and the thought of the Yankee eating their meager meal made her shake with anger.
9 "Send over Pork with a wagon and you shall have half of what we've got, rice, meal, ham, some chickens," said Old Miss, giving Scarlett a sudden keen look.
10 On a noonday in mid-November, they all sat grouped about the dinner table, eating the last of the dessert concocted by Mammy from corn meal and dried huckleberries, sweetened with sorghum.
11 These hungry men could devour the whole shoat at one meal and, if they knew of the live hogs, they could commandeer them for the army.
12 The soldiers mixed their ration of corn meal with water, and salt too when they could get it, wrapped the thick paste about their ramrods and roasted the mess over camp fires.
13 Pork had been almost worthless since the trip, so proud was he of returning safely with his wagon-load of dress goods, seed, fowls, hams, side meat and meal.
14 Carreen had said little during the meal but when it was over she slipped over to Mrs. Tarleton's side and whispered something.
15 The Carpetbaggers were looting the town, many honest folk were driven from their homes and did not know where to look for their next meal, and a negro sat in the lieutenant governor's chair.
Example Sentence: (88 in 6 pages)
1 After a day of air and activity, you should be in the mood for a good meal.
2 Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest.
3 It is good to be merry at meal.
4 Avoid strenuous exercise immediately after a meal.
5 The Bakers have invited us out for a meal tonight.
6 Each person did his bit toward getting the meal on the table.
7 He likes the traditional meat and two veg for his main meal.
8 We usually have a simple meal at midday.
9 Quick at meal, quick at work.
10 I can't believe that that enormous meal wasn't enough to satisfy your hunger.
11 After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the camp fire.
12 After the movie we went for a meal in a Chinese restaurant.
13 The first course of the meal was soup.
14 We had to eat some potatoes substituted as a meal.
15 I always enjoy my evening meal alnoe.