Meals

Examples

• They say he will eat any thing he can get between meals, but he prefers oakum. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They had their meals in the studio, they lived there safely. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He took his meals at the same emaciator that I did. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• My uncle, Mr. Fairlie, never joins us at any of our meals: he is an invalid, and keeps bachelor state in his own apartments. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When Mr. and Miss Murdstone were at home, I took my meals with them; in their absence, I ate and drank by myself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Exercise should precede meals, not immediately follow them; the first promotes, the latter, unless moderate, obstructs digestion. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Among the chief pleasures of the Catholic monarch between meals during this time of retirement were funeral services. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I have impressed upon Amy during many years, that I must have my meals (for instance) punctually. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The community of women and children is renounced; the institution of common or public meals for women (Laws) is for the first time introduced (Ar. Plato. The Republic.
• The nature and the simplicity of gentlemen and ladies, with their servants and furniture, I think is best observed by meals within doors. Jane Austen. Emma.
• St. John had a book in his hand--it was his unsocial custom to read at meals--he closed it, and looked up. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Yer never get time enough over yer meals. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The unwholesome boy, who seemed to me to be going into a decline, took his meals out of the house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But I do not want Michael Angelo for breakfast--for luncheon--for dinner--for tea--for supper--for between meals. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• One of 'em takes his twelve pints of ale a day, and never leaves off smoking even at his meals. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We lived far more in the garden than under a roof: classes were held, and meals partaken of, in the grand berceau. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Men paid in liberty for safety, shelter, and regular meals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Life at Edison was of the simple kind--work, meals, and a few hours' sleep--day by day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He had several cots placed in the adjoining building, and he and a few of his most strenuous assistants worked day and night, leaving the work only for hurried meals and a snatch of sleep. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Can I have wine with the meals? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Clocks that should announce in articulate speech the time for going home, going to meals, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He took his meals in his own room, and so was able to give me part of his food. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Bells rang to meals and to prayers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Remember what the doctor told you, Rachel, about quieting yourself with a book after taking your meals. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She has her meals, her liberty, a good house to live in, and good clothes to wear, as usual. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The dose is a wineglassful for adults before meals and at bedtime; children, in proportion to age. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Five days have we sat like this at meals with scarcely a word. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He smokes his hookah after both meals and puffs as quietly while his wife scolds him as he did under the fire of the French at Waterloo. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In consequence of which, she got into a habit of saying to me at meals, 'Mr. Snagsby, you haven't found Nimrod any work yet! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Bessie would rather have stayed, but she was obliged to go, because punctuality at meals was rigidly enforced at Gateshead Hall. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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