Food

Examples

• For instance, if he took his supper after a hard day, to the Dead March in Saul, his food might be likely to sit heavy on him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As long as we could hold our position the enemy was limited in supplies of food, men and munitions of war to what they had on hand. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From then on scarcely a day passed that did not bring its offering of game or other food. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Robert Jordan hoped he had gone for food. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He led them into a stone kitchen, fitted with coppers for dressing the prison food, and pointed to a door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The preservation of food is also dependent on ammonia, which produces the refrigerating effect in the numerous cold storage houses and artificial ice plants in this country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They do not seem to have cooked their food. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Early the next morning the apes were astir, moving through the jungle in search of food. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Food--that was the problem of those long tired years which dragged through the ages, when nearly everyone was a farmer, and a farmer with crude tools held in his hands. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Cakes of dates pounded and kneaded together are the food of the Arabs who traverse the deserts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is used by food manufacturers and performs highly important functions in certain commercial fields. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They ranged in height from three to four feet, and were moving restlessly about the enclosure as though searching for food. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Many that want food and clothing have cheerier lives and brighter prospects than she had; many, harassed by poverty, are in a strait less afflictive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The food comes shortly, Pablo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• It was said to be untarnishable and unstainable even when used with the strongest acid foods, as well as non-rusting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Generally speaking, meats are the most expensive foods we can purchase, and hence should be bought seldom and in small quantities. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The most important of plant foods is nitrogen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The constant replenishing of this large quantity is necessary to life, and a considerable amount of the necessary supply is furnished by foods, particularly the fruits and vegetables. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This furnished visible evidence of the relative digestibility of different kinds of foods, and the general functions of the stomach. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Other foods, like peas and beans, not only satisfy the appetite, but supply to the body abundant nourishment. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Proteids always contain nitrogen, and hence they are frequently spoken of as nitrogenous foods. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• But the nutritive foods should be wisely supplemented by such foods as fruits, whose real value is one of indirect rather then direct service. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The proteids are the building foods, furnishing muscle, bone, skin cells, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The heat of our bodies comes from the foods which we eat. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Plants need other foods besides nitrogen, and they exhaust the soil not only of nitrogen, but also of phosphorus and potash, since large quantities of these are necessary for plant life. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The larger part of many of our foods is composed of water; more than half of the weight of the meat we eat is made up of water; and vegetables are often more than nine tenths water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• From practically every diet some foods must be excluded, no matter what the fuel value of the substance may be. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Smoked herring and salted mackerel are chemically preserved foods, but they are none the less safe and digestible. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Teeth and bones and nails need a constant supply of mineral matter, and mineral matter is frequently found in greatest abundance in foods of low fuel value, such as lettuce, watercress, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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