Example Sentences

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As neither gentleman has breakfasted, the betting as to which will lose his temper first is almost even, with odds slightly in favour of the form-master, being the younger and hungrier man.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian

Oh, that kitchen of the olden times, the old, clean, roomy New England kitchen!—who that has breakfasted, dined, and supped in one has not cheery visions of its thrift, its warmth, its coolness?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various

But a forenoon is long-drawn-out when one has breakfasted before dawn, and has nothing to do but sit motionless in the woods and watch and listen.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

"It is only half-past nine, my daughter has breakfasted, and Cartier will not bring the flowers for an hour or more; we have time to talk, Monsieur—Monsieur who?"

From The Brotherhood of Consolation by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

"I should say that man has breakfasted on honey this morning," observed Miss Payne, with a sardonic smile.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.