Example Sentences

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The family of Don Andres had been breakfasting upon the wide veranda when Manuel strode grimly across the patio and confronted them.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto

A tall, fair girl had stepped out of the room where he had been breakfasting, and was standing by his elbow.

From The Missioner by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

They had been breakfasting at the Brevoort and he was coaxing her to let him come up to her rooms and sing for an hour.

From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Cather, Willa Sibert

The address was 102 in the next street to that in which we had been breakfasting.

From The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' by Doré, Gustave

Another and another branch were successively divested of their foliage, until the little tree looked as if a flock of goats had been breakfasting upon it.

From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne