In that almost treeless north they had no wood to build boats or houses, and no vegetables or plants to supply them either with food or with the materials of industry.
The harvest provided by nature and the products of the chase were their sole sources of supply, and in their search for this food so casually offered they moved to and fro in the depths of the forest or roved endlessly upon the plains.
They formed themselves into companies, some to assist the wounded, some to carry water, wine and food to those who defended the gates.
It's the first time she's asked for foodin weeks," she said in a husky tone.
The old aunt returned; food was prepared, and she took some.
There is not food enough for them to grow big and heavy, as they do in the large lakes.
They heard him jodel and check Pierre and his hideous companion, so that the foodwas left behind.
Put some food in your wallet, Melchior; and we will try and trace these people, for there must be more than one.
It is bright and beautiful now, with moss and dwarf firs and ferns; but food would not grow here.
Pierre and his follower soon returned with the tent, and humbly accepted some food before loading the mule, and then themselves, with some of the choicest crystals, which were deposited safely in Andregg's chalet.
Then came the evening when Melchior announced that the food supply must be renewed by a long journey to Andregg's chalet, for bread and coffee and butter could not be easily obtained, like wood.
Think of all thefood we have aboard--over three months' supply.
The Southern Cross could not afford to remain long at this place, for it kept them moving to make their rounds twice a year, so the two missionaries were left with fifty days' food and water in an open boat.
During the heavy weather last week, Peggy could not walk on deck without being thrown from one rail to the other, and I think possibly she was injured internally; and with the lack of fresh food and exercise, she died.
People flungfood to him as they fling food to dogs; also, there were occasional donations of clothing, reached out to him on long poles At last the railway company, grown doubly desperate, hit upon an expedient.
For be it known that the flying fish are food for many deep-sea creatures, and for the swooping sea-birds.
For seven days, I had been one of those wretched people who are forever on the move in the slums of this great city, eternally searching for a scrap of food and for sufficient ground-space on which to lay down their weary frames in sleep.
He said he knew how good fresh food tasted after a long sea-trip.
He spent his days in the open, on a tract of land he bought, near Papeete; and his food he picked from his own trees.
The fruit of every variety, and the yams and taro, made food that, for health, in the tropics has no equal.
These gunys are a species of albatross, and they live, sleep, and find their food entirely on the face of the great deep.
Jack had given orders to be saving onfood and water, and to wash in salt water, but he has countermanded that order now.
He was relating some trouble he had had with a new bunch of tough recruits, where all the crew on his trading schooner was killed, and he had reached a missionary's house after days without food or water.
Sosia, as if afraid he should be again outwitted, had refrained from visiting her until late in the morning of the following day, and then he but thrust in the periodical basket of food and wine, and hastily reclosed the door.
Thou canst not have air and liberty; but thou mayst have what are much better things--food and wine.
The lion had been kept without food for twenty-four hours, and the animal had, during the whole morning, testified a singular and restless uneasiness, which the keeper had attributed to the pangs of hunger.
She swept the shop, she prepared the old woman's meals and the food for the dogs.
Her debts on Jupillon's account, augmented by her debts for drink and for food for Gautruche, by all that she purchased now on credit, her debt to the concierge and the shopkeepers would soon become known and ruin her!
Being content with everything, he liked everything, and found food for laughter and entertainment in everything.
The open air, the patches of blue sky, the food and drink started the gayety of the table in full blast.
I've done the cooking on a number of camping trips, andfood is an important factor in the success of any expedition.
The other large vessels were to be used to carryfood and supplies.
Now they must begin work on other phases of the expedition--food supplies and the standard parts of the equipment.
His first want was food; his next, shelter: had he earned the coals, he must have carried them about till he had found some other person ready to exchange food and lodging for coals.
It would be easier, doubtless, to raise the food for themselves, and ultimately to exchange corn for clothing, instead of furs for clothing.
They would obtain their food and clothing by the use of the bow alone.
This worst species of suffering equally existed at particular periods, whether food was sought for by large or by small parties, by bands or by individuals.
The machines labour for us, and are yet satisfied without either foodor clothing.
Although the money wages of labour were lowered, because there were more labourers in the market, the real amount of wages was higher, for better food was created by pasturage at a cheaper rate.
Many of the hunters, and I among others, for want of food became extremely weak, and unable to hunt far from home.
Close rationing will, therefore, be necessary for a long time, and a liberal food allotment from outside relief sources must be made.
Comprising some of the richest soil in the world, it will soon be flourishing with growing crops, and its fields will contribute substantially to the solution of Italy's food problem.
No food can be served unless it is on the approved list.
Also, food products that formerly had to be imported, are now being home grown.
Restaurants must send to the authorities a list of food furnished, with prices charged for each portion, or for the whole meal, or for the week.
In the army, there are no restrictions--the best of food is given to the soldiers.
Irrigation and intensive farming, in which representatives of all classes are now helping, is aiding in the solution of the food problem.
As everyone knows, the principal articles of food consumption among Italians of every station, rich or poor, are macaroni and spaghetti.
Next to macaroni and spaghetti the Italians like fish, and as it is far cheaper than meat, for the poorer classes it forms a food which they can afford to buy.
Of course, there are many restrictions, above all in food conservation and supply.
I quickly perceived that I was now in the land of music; but the guests seemed to be better pleased with theirfood than with the songs of this old bard, for he had scarcely received a half florin since I noticed him.
All our food is brought from a considerable distance, and we are absolutely dependant upon our neighbours for water, as there are neither wells nor springs in the soil.
Till within recent times barley formed an important source of food in northern countries, and barley cakes are still to some extent eaten.
He describes for instance the Sunday games in the village, football, and the struggle for food at great feasts; [v.
Their sole wealth is cattle and their chieffood milk and blood; meat is only eaten when a cow happens to die.
In the United States the word means an open-air feast, either political or social, where whole animals are roasted and eaten and hogsheads of beer and other vast quantities of food and drink consumed.
Carnarvonshire, on which Pistyll farm still gives food gratis to all pilgrims or travellers.
The heart of Chios was touched; he beckoned to the man, and brought him within and set food before him.
The beasts had been kept without food the preceding day, and were ravenous.
Had it been, it were not food for conversation; so Venusta opened fire with the beauties of the city, for the weather at that season of the year was nearly always fine.
They will buy thee food and wine and raiment, and help to give some little joy.
Their food the cattle's scorn, Their rest is mire and their desire The thicket and the thorn.
Strong lust of gear shall drive him forth and hunger arm his hand, To win his food from the desert rude, his pittance from the sand.
So a canny village will pool its food to fatten up a few--Ah!
They saw, in fact, that he held the flask between his knees, along with their single packet of food in its wrapping of cocoanut husk.
That was well seen in the third week when their food began to fail and Pellett noticed that Karaki ate nothing for a whole day.
He had collapsed, and we got him carried into the shade and revived with whisky, and later on some soup and food from our own table.
This fariña can be preserved for a long time if kept dry, and it forms one of the chief articles of food of many of the inhabitants of the Amazon, especially when they are travelling.
They are given no medical treatment, but are left to die, eaten by maggots, when they serve as food for the chiefs' dogs.
Often, after these unfortunates bring food to the chief of the section, he has them murdered.
They claim that it takes the place of food on these marches, and it really does seem to enable them to perform wonderful feats of endurance.
López gave them some food and assigned them quarters under the house, while I gave them the greater part of our quinine.
On all these marches the Indians would have to carry their own food too; they get no food except what they bring themselves.
The food of these aborigines consists chiefly of maize, collards, and game.
But a still worse misfortune was revealed to us when Perkins, who was preparing some food for Materón and me, informed us that all the bread was spoiled, having probably got wet on the Páramo of Bordoncillo.
There was a stove where they might cook their food if they had money to buy any.
Three times a day Brother Andrew brought him his food, and twice a day, when the lay brother had left him, he opened the window and spread the food on the sill for the birds to take.
John Storm answered that food was an indifferent matter to him, and that half an hour after dinner he never knew what he had eaten.
The bill of fare may not have been very extensive, but there was an abundance of substantial food and best of all ravenous appetites to be satiated.
That was the real Perk all over again--food appealed to him as regularly as the hour rolled around three times a day, and seven days in the week.
Somehow I don't seem to set quite as much store by my meals as you do but I'll say the food is pretty decent--better than the restaurant stuff we used to eat three times a day over in old Cheyenne.
Jack, when he saw the spread made by his chum, announced himself as ready to assist in making way with the food supply, though he would wait until Perk had taken his toll when he meant to turn the stick over to him for a spell.
The Asiatic race in burying its dead prepares the favorite food of the deceased, the fragrant tea, and the money so useful on earth.
Their spiritual natures, though feeble, needfood that is adapted to their wants.
A strict watch was set upon the actions of the individual: household duties were neglected: fires were not lighted or food cooked.
He gets his foodfrom my kitchen and his clothing from the store.
And, indeed, if they had been short he would have been too anxious to send food into the stockade had he been able.
He told them that they need not "take thought" about how they should get food and clothes.
The Pharisees said that no fire might be lighted on the Sabbath day, no food cooked, not one thing might be done; they might only walk a little way on that day; and doctors might not cure or help the sick.
In the middle was a round table covered with rich food of various kinds; round the table were placed seats, upon which sat eight men.
When his money was spent, the Jackal felt puzzled as to how to get a living, since no one would give him food and he could buy none.
And she prepared food for him to take with him, and took off her gold and silver bangles, which she placed in a bundle of warm things, that he might be in need neither of money nor clothes on the journey.
Their master therefore was regularly supplied with more food than enough; and what with selling what he did not require, and working at his trade, he soon became quite a rich carpenter.
So the Rajah went to the village close by and bought foodfor himself and the Panch-Phul Ranee.
He had not even a child to wait upon him, but prepared his food with his own hands.
And she gave him a bundle of clothes and several small loaves, and in each loaf she placed a gold mohur, that on opening it, he might find money as well as food inside; and he started on his journey.
Not long after they were gone, one day the naughty little cat stole some food from the store, for doing which Surya Bai punished her.
The hermit took the man into his hermitage, and gave him the little offerings of food which had been brought that morning by the villagers, leaving Providence to provide for his own simple wants.
That day the Brahmin and his wife and children had no money in the house to buy food with, and they all felt very unhappy to think that the fine melon plant had withered.
One morning he started with some food in a bundle, and walked on day after day, till he reached the chief city of the neighbouring country.
Moreover, he saw that his mother was growing weaker, and he feared that she would die unless she had proper food and nourishment.
These good people used to bring little offerings of food for the support of the hermit during the week.
So he said to his wife, "I will go to fetch food for us both, and fire to cook it with, and inquire what this country is, and seek out a place of rest for you.
A request from the State Board of Health led to the opening of a Hygienic Laboratory in 1888, with the threefold object of instruction, research, and the examination of suspected food and water, with Dr.
The Health Service has also undertaken to inspect all the student boarding houses in an effort to ensure wholesome food and to maintain a definite standard of cleanliness.
He says we put a tax on necessaries now,--on thefood that fills the body, on the garments that clothe the body.
Therefore I insist, that, because we tax food and clothes for the body, this is no reason why we should tax food and clothes for the mind.
The faithful missionary strove at once to minister to her wants, and asked if there was any particular food she could take, suggesting various delicacies; to all which the venerable convert replied: “My stomach goes against everything.
The snow was deep on the ground, and our poor horses could obtain no food but the boughs and bark of the cottonwood trees.
To the parents nofood was given, but the boy tied a bone to the lodge poles above the fire, and told the parents to eat from it without touching it with their hands.
The presence of his old comrades seemed to revive him; but they had no food to give him, for they themselves were almost starving.
Game was scarce in the neighbourhood, and with their utmost care the supply of food could not hold out until spring.
The most pitiful sight of all was to see strong men begging for the morsel of food that had been set apart for the sick and helpless.
There was no prospect of obtaining either food or fuel.
The snows of the mountains furnished the streams with water and the bunch-grass with sufficient dampness to sustain it until July when it became cured and was the food that sustained all animal life on the plains, summer and winter.
The boy took him into the lodge, and the girl put foodbefore him.
They had neither guide nor interpreter, and were totally ignorant of the way to deal with the savages, or provide food for themselves during long marches over barren plains and wild mountains.
He was then offered a package of dried meat in its place, but this in his rage he threw upon the ground, asserting that those might carry it who wanted it; he could secure all the food he wanted with his rifle.
They regarded them to be a wise sort of a people, a little inferior, however, to themselves, living in lodges like their own and subsisting on the buffalo and other wild game constituting the food of the Indians.
The government provides for all medical services and subsidizes food and housing.
Fish from the ocean are of growing economic importance to many of the bordering countries as a source of both food and exports.
The emphasis on cocoa production at the expense of other food crops has meant that Sao Tome has to import 90% of food needs.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "food" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
