bread

Example Sentences

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But you have been given enough bread crumbs to keep you interested.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

While Coinbase has diversified its business over the last five years, crypto trading remains its bread and butter, which is a problem when prices are low.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“The three of us did much more than break bread at Olive Garden — we commiserated.”

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Her lunch was bread with onion, salt and pickle.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

She’d take anything: stale bread crusts, cabbage leaves, even an apple or a bun sometimes, but I think she was always hoping for potatoes—as Mutti said, they were her real passion.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo