Example Sentences

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Kouki said he likes using his phone to watch Japanese baseball highlights, but the family now shuns screens during mealtimes.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

If mealtimes with your child sometimes feel more like negotiations than nourishment, you aren't alone.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

The papal electors self-segregate at mealtimes by sitting with their own countrymen.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

I don’t want to replace connecting at mealtimes with Bluey.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2024

Indeed, whenever Harry saw the two of them together — at mealtimes, or when they passed in the corridors — he had the distinct impression that Snape was avoiding Moody’s eye, whether magical or normal.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling