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

And then Frank asked Sammy if his mother allowed him to eat between meals and Sammy said, "Oh, sure—I kin eat any time at all—it never hurts me."

From Green Valley by Reynolds, Katharine

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

And they know they should not eat between meals without asking me.

From The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat by Hope, Laura Lee