bread

Example Sentences

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We got our bread from a day-old store, or would get a big box of the reject cookies from a bakery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The company’s gaming ad revenue—its bread and butter—rose at a 60% compounded annual rate from 2023 through 2025, far outstripping the 5% growth in overall spending on mobile games.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

"I was listening to this and thinking that was when we had a fantastic baker and then he left... and then the chef went on strike about making the bread," said Leith.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Granted, the Emmys have made repetitiveness its bread and butter for decades now.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Flopears had only a measly little square of hard salt-and-water corn bread in his pail that wouldn’t fill a wood tick.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck