repast

Example Sentences

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The work accelerated during Ramadan, the holy month when Muslims traditionally conduct a dawn-to-dusk fast broken by what in normal times would be a sumptuous repast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2024

A prosecutor’s memo describes Caddle as “cold-hearted” and says he even attended the repast after Galdieri’s funeral.

From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Brunch was known as "the latest 'fad'" and "a repast at 11 o'clock a.m."

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2023

Brothers and ZuCot Gallery managing partners Onaje and Omari Henderson said people coming to see the exhibit won’t feel like they are “going into a repast after a funeral.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Summoning Mary, I soon had the room in more cheerful order: I prepared him, likewise, a comfortable repast.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë