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Example sentences for "eat"

Lexicographically close words:
eastward; eastwardly; eastwards; easy; easygoing; eatable; eatables; eate; eatee; eaten
  1. They need so little; they eat a little crust of bread and they have enough; they drink a cup of milk and they know no thirst any longer.

  2. They need so little; they eat a little crust of bread and they have enough, they drink a cup of milk and they know no thirst any longer.

  3. Then as none of the veal is left we may as well eat the rolls," said Franz.

  4. Now, Pixy, good, brave dog, eat this piece of candy, and let us be friends.

  5. Every place is new to you, and you can go where you prefer, but on horses that do not eat oats.

  6. I am as hungry as a wolf; I could almost eat the cold potatoes," remarked Franz.

  7. Yes, and I would give you my share, but I have eaten it; eat the ham, Paul, and take back this half egg.

  8. We will not take breakfast here, but will buy a roll in the village and when we come to a brook we can eat it.

  9. You know you never eat goose, even when you do get it," answered Nanebojo.

  10. Porpoise said, "I will always eat clean things.

  11. The Indians did not know how to catch or kill them, but Tlecsa said, "I will eat beaver flesh," so he started after him.

  12. One day Beaver said, "Hereafter we shall eat apart.

  13. But he was so small, now that he was Squirrel, he couldn't eat them at all.

  14. So he will take to the sea in due season with a huge fleet and will come to Italy.

  15. For never did I wish to share a victory of his; I should have wished rather to share his defeat.

  16. Anyone with a cold should eat very lightly and drink plenty of water.

  17. The following are good rules to follow in making your daily food habits: Do not eat between meals.

  18. An increasing number of people are becoming lacto-vegetarians, which means that they eat no meat or fish, but balance their absence by using more milk, eggs and cheese.

  19. The Rose-breasted Grosbeak and the Bob-White eat the Colorado potato-beetle.

  20. To eat what one has raised oneself adds a flavor to it.

  21. Illustration: LOCO-WEED A poisonous plant which produces loco-disease in cattle, sheep, and horses that eat it.

  22. A man will eat five or six pounds a day of fresh food.

  23. Silkworms will eat the leaves of Osage-orange, but they seem to prefer mulberry leaves.

  24. Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons, It is to grow in the open air, and to eat and sleep with the earth.

  25. Candy is harmful for children, and even older children should eat candy only after meals.

  26. Routine is nothing to them: they eat and drink when they feel inclined, and they sleep when a favourable opportunity occurs.

  27. As a rule the peasants eat very little meat, and what they do eat has probably been smoked and dried and hung up for several months.

  28. They eat up everything round about their homes, and they begin to wander in search of food in packs of thousands, like swarms of locusts.

  29. You shall not eat thereof any thing raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted at the fire; you shall eat the head with the feet and entrails thereof.

  30. But if any man say: This has been sacrificed to idols: do not eat of it, for his sake that told it and for conscience' sake.

  31. And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

  32. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month of new corn, when thou didst come forth out of Egypt: thou shalt not appear empty before me.

  33. And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.

  34. And you shall eat it in a holy place: which is given to thee and thy sons of the oblations of the Lord, as it hath been commanded me.

  35. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more: nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.

  36. But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat this year the things that spring of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

  37. And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

  38. And the eighth year you shall sow, and shall eat of the old fruits, until the ninth year: till new grow up, you shall eat the old store.

  39. And they that eat bread with him, shall destroy him, and his army shall be overthrown: and many shall fall down slain.

  40. And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach.

  41. Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring: 3:25.

  42. DAUP: 'Tis no loss to him; he has no employment for his arms, but to eat spoon-meat.

  43. But p'r'aps ye don't want the black folks t' eat off'n the same things ye do yerselves.

  44. Tea means a lunch, you know, and I'm very hungry because I didn't eat much luncheon at noon.

  45. I can sleep on that heartbreaking husk mattress with Ingua, but I'll be skinned if I eat your salt junk and corn pone.

  46. Bein' keerful means that he'll eat the pork an' I gits a chunk o' corn bread now an' then.

  47. Mary Louise didn't burden her with conversation during the meal, which she prolonged until the child positively could eat no more.

  48. He'll buy him, and then he'll boil him in a pot and eat him.

  49. She made him come in and eat and sleep, for he was tired and hungry.

  50. All her relations and friends were away, and when she saw him coming she thought to herself, "Unless I frighten this Jackal, he will eat me.

  51. But come in and eat and rest, anyhow, for you must be both hungry and sleepy.

  52. Great, strong parrots like these will eat not less than a pound of rice apiece every day.

  53. He has made a maximum growth on minimum feed, and from that time on he will eat more and give smaller proportionate returns.

  54. The Holstein will eat more than the Jersey, and, while she may not make more butter, she will give twice as much skimmed milk and furnish more fertilizer to return to the land.

  55. Let the hens alone for the present; you can eat them during the winter.

  56. So long as one animal must eat another, the man animal should thank the hog animal for his generosity.

  57. I want the cow that will eat the most, if she is, at the same time, willing to pay for her food.

  58. Why don't you try thoroughbred Jerseys' They'll give as much butter, and they won't eat more than half as much.

  59. I told him to eat up the fifty cents he had in his pocket and to see me at noon of the following day.

  60. Perhaps my hogs eat more than those of my neighbors.

  61. But seriously, Jackson, I must have more land; my stock will eat me out of house and home by the time the factory is running full steam.

  62. I don't believe she'll eat with us all watching her," said Mary.

  63. I could eat one of Sister's coyotes to-night.

  64. Peter looked keenly at the two haggard young faces, then he said, "You two come in and eat and get warm.

  65. They went back to the camp, where the Metis had cooked supper, but Thirlwell did not eat much and soon returned to the cliff.

  66. In the meantime, you can eat your bannock and then take a smoke.

  67. Their clothes were always wet, and they were generally smeared with mud when they came up to eat and sleep.

  68. Generally I would eat the whole ration at once, but that did not satisfy my hunger, and I had to go without a crumb for the next twenty-four hours.

  69. To illustrate how inadequate the ration was, I can say that I have seen officers picking potato-peelings from the large spittoons, where they were soaking in tobacco spittle, wash them off and eat them.

  70. Hunger will drive one to eat almost anything, as we learned from bitter experience.

  71. True, the soup would have an abundance of worms floating about in it, but these we would skim off, and trying to forget we had seen them, eat with a relish.

  72. She was her own mistress, and she could fold her hands and take her rest, eat and drink and sleep and be merry, all at Mr. Smithson's expense.

  73. His only punishment was to eat his heart under this roof, in luxurious seclusion, his comfort studied, his whims gratified so far as they could be by the most faithful of servants.

  74. Mary would have very much liked to go with them, but she did not want to be intrusive; so she went off to the kennels to see the terriers eat their morning and only meal of dog biscuit.

  75. At any rate, the drive under the light of a July moon would be delicious; and if they did not like the people they found there they could eat their supper and come away immediately after, as Lady Kirkbank remarked philosophically.


  76. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    absorb; assimilate; attack; bite; board; canker; chew; consult; consume; corrode; deplete; devour; diet; digest; dine; dispose; disregard; down; drain; drink; eat; engulf; erode; etch; exhaust; expend; fare; feed; finish; get; gnaw; gobble; gulp; have; hunger; ignore; imbibe; impoverish; ingest; meal; oxidize; partake; pocket; prey; relish; rust; savor; scour; spend; squander; stomach; swallow; swill; take; taste; touch


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    eat and; eat the; eaten cold; eating animals; eating birds; eating house; eating warbler