FOOD in a Sentence

Learn FOOD 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.
238 example sentences for FOOD, such as:
1. He had not tasted food for forty hours.
2. The poor morsel of food only whetted desire.
3. The relief agency distributed food among the poor.
4. The two men got out some food and made a luncheon.
5. The animal has teeth that grind its food into a pulp.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of FOOD
food
 n.  any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
 n.  anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
Classic Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1  Mester Colin says if he keeps sendin for more food they won't believe he's an invalid at all.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
2  Children like that feels like young wolves an food's flesh an blood to em, said Mrs. Sowerby.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  "I do not think so, as your food seems to agree with you," said Dr. Craven.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
4  Well," said Dr. Craven, "so long as going without food agrees with them we need not disturb ourselves.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
5  The two men got out some food and made a luncheon.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  She had had servants, and food and clothes, but no one had taken any notice of her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  The poor morsel of food only whetted desire.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
8  Then good food was set before them, milk and pancakes, with sugar, apples, and nuts.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
9  And now the best food was cooked for poor Hansel, but Gretel got nothing but crab-shells.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
10  As he himself would have it so, they gave him some food for the wild animals, and led him down to the tower.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE THREE LANGUAGES
11  The next day at noon, the old woman came to him again with food and drink which he at first refused.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE RAVEN
12  The day passed thus; he scarcely tasted food, but walked round and round the cell like a wild beast in its cage.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
13  He could hang himself with his handkerchief to the window bars, or refuse food and die of starvation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
14  Fortunately, he fancied that Dantes was delirious; and placing the food on the rickety table, he withdrew.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
15  He had not tasted food for forty hours.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
Example Sentence: (206 in 14 pages)
1  Every ingestion of food can affect our mood or thinking processes.
2  The follies of youth are food for repentance in old age.
3  Opposition MPs are calling for the establishment of an independent food and drugs agency.
4  The relief agency will distribute the food among several countries.
5  The relief agency distributed food among the poor.
6  The average food price has not decreased from the high level of a few months ago.
7  Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest.
8  There wasn't much vegetarian food as such, although there were several different types of cheese.
9  We get through an unbelievable amount of food each week.
10  The amount of food a child needs is roughly proportional to its size.
11  The government has pledged to reduce the amount of chemicals used in food production.
12  The animal has teeth that grind its food into a pulp.
13  It is absolutely vital that food supplies should be maintained.
14  Complaints about school food have become a familiar refrain.
15  The besieged town hasn't enough food to see the month out.