eat sparingly
Example Sentences
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Ribbons of caramel, chocolate and ingredients most adults should only eat sparingly — such as bubble gum, cake frosting and rainbow sprinkles.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2017
They were all day on the long black road, stopping in the afternoon to eat sparingly from their meager supplies.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Then," said he, and his eyes twinkled with merriment, "we will eat sparingly.
From At the Point of the Sword by Hayens, Herbert
His letters delivered, he goes to the nearest house of public service, there to sleep, to eat sparingly and smoke incessantly, until he is summoned to the road again.
From Morocco by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
If nervous people would eat sparingly and chew their food to a cream, eating the foods I shall mention later on, I am confident they would rarely, if ever, break down.
From How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" by Hinkle, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark)
