EAT in a Sentence

Learn EAT 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.
335 example sentences for EAT, such as:
1. Try to eat plenty of fresh fruit.
2. It's warm enough to eat outdoors tonight.
3. I thought I'd let you eat your dinner first.
4. He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.
5. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of EAT
eat
 v.  take in food; used of animals only
 v.  worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Where gardening is done all sorts of delightful things to eat are turned up with the soil.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  I thought I'd let you eat your dinner first.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  They're that hungry they don't know how to get enough to eat without makin talk.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
4  "I think we shall have to eat it all this morning, Mary," Colin always ended by saying.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
5  "I am sorry to hear that you do not eat anything," he said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  All I could get to eat was berries and what was left over from breakfast.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
7  When breakfast was ready we lolled on the grass and eat it smoking hot.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
8  We spread the blankets inside for a carpet, and eat our dinner in there.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX.
9  I done it, and he eat it and said it would help cure him.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X.
10  They all smoked and talked, and I eat and talked.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII.
11  Families fetched their dinners with them from the country, and eat them in the wagons.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI.
12  They had something to eat and drink; and then went into a corner, where straw and carpets were lying.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
13  Then there was great rejoicing made; but the horse would not eat, the bird would not sing, and the princess wept.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
14  Yes, yes,' answered the mouse, 'by all means go, and if you get anything very good to eat, think of me.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP
15  And once Gretel was inside, she intended to shut the oven and let her bake in it, and then she would eat her, too.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
Example Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
1  The amount of fat you eat can affect the health of your heart.
2  The Chinese also eat a type of pasta as part of their staple diet.
3  Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest.
4  They eat only plant foods, and take care to exclude animal products from other areas of their lives.
5  It's warm enough to eat outdoors tonight.
6  Don't eat too many nuts-you'll spoil your appetite.
7  It's traditional in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
8  It is traditional not to eat meat on Good Friday.
9  There are those who eat out for a special occasion, or treat themselves.
10  He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
11  Try to eat plenty of fresh fruit.
12  People usually eat sweet dumplings on the Lantern Festival.
13  I don't mind whether we eat now or this evening, it's all the same to me.
14  Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve.
15  He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.