eat between meals

Example Sentences

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Instead of skipping breakfast and refusing to eat between meals, she carries snacks at all times — granola bars, peanut butter pretzels, trail mix, the taboos of the past that are now embraced.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2021

“If you need to eat between meals, don’t allow yourself to feel you’ve failed,” she insisted.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2018

You are not to eat between meals; you are not to take any liquids with your meals.

From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Wayburn, Ned

I never eat between meals, but I appreciate your kindness.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore

Now Johnnie Jones knew he was not allowed to eat between meals, but the preserves did have an attractive appearance, and he thought that just one taste would not matter.

From All About Johnnie Jones by Verhoeff, Carolyn