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
Henry don't know what to do with himself either, and once when he stole out an' fed the chickens Billina scolded him for letting 'em eat between meals.
From The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
Jamie is a dear little scamp, if he did try to break the rules and get something to eat between meals by playing prairie dog.
From The Right Knock A Story by Van-Anderson, Helen
She begged her to give the boy a little something to eat between meals occasionally,--for he would certainly forget to ask for it,--and she would pay for it all honestly.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
