Rest, even for a few minutes, should be taken before eating a full meal.
Outdoor bathing should not be taken for at least an hour after a full meal, and except for the robust it is not prudent to bathe with the stomach empty, especially before breakfast.
It is not prudent to do hard work or take severe exercise, just before or just after a full meal.
Severe exercise and hard study just after a full meal, are very apt to delay or actually arrest digestion, for after eating heartily, the vital forces of the body are called upon to help the stomach digest its food.
But these partial exertions of sensorial power are sometimes attended with increased partial exertions in other parts of the system, which sympathize with them, as the flushing of the face after a full meal.
A horse was, however, sent for the remainder of the meat, Verplank having brought the greater part of it on his shoulders; and we once more enjoyed the luxury of a full meal.
These were a happy alleviation to us, and at our noon halting-place we enjoyed the rare luxury of a full meal.
The hunters were kept constantly out during the day, but nothing was killed until evening, when Verplank brought in a young buck, which enabled us to make a full meal, the first we had eaten for several days.
Light and amusing employments should occupy mind and body for an hour or more after a full meal.
The heaviness which follows a full meal, is the indication which Nature gives of the need of quiet.
After taking a full meal, it is very important to health, that no great bodily or mental exertion be made, till the labor of the stomach is over.
Reason why Mental and Bodily Exertions are injurious after a full Meal.
We should not enter upon continued mental exertion, or arouse deep feeling, immediately before or after a full meal.
Why should we not arouse deep feeling immediately before or after eating a full meal?
Severe exercise and labor should be avoided immediately before or after eating a full meal, for the energies of the system are then required to perform the digestive function.
Exposure to the night air, particularly after a full meal, should be especially avoided, and the clothing ought to be so arranged that additions may be made as night approaches.
Thank God, I am well, and still strong, but I have seen the days when I would willingly have sold my freedom for a full meal.
In accordance with this well-established fact, there is a natural and marked aversion to active pursuits after a full meal.
The tendency to inactivity and sleep, which besets most animals after a full meal, shows repose to be, in such circumstances, the evident intention of Nature.
Bathing in cold water should never be performed immediately after a full meal.
Fruits, eaten immediately after a full meal, when the stomach is in an improper condition for receiving anything more, contribute to overtask the digestive powers, and must hence produce more or less of injury.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "full meal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
