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before lunch
noun as in morning
Example Sentences
England were dismissed for 112 on day three of the deciding third Test - their batters outclassed again in spinning conditions - as Pakistan completed a crushing nine-wicket victory before lunch to win the series 2-1.
England were spun to a feeble defeat before lunch on the third day of the final Test in Rawalpindi to give resurgent Pakistan a 2-1 series win.
Left with the monumental task of chasing 297 on a dusty Multan pitch re-used from their record-breaking first-Test victory, the tourists were dismissed for 144 before lunch on day four.
Here she comes out of retirement and manages, in no time at all — like, before lunch — to walk off the street and into a position of responsibility at a big-deal law firm through the sort of clockwork planning and psychological manipulation usually associated with heist movies.
Surrey were left with a tricky 13 overs to bat before lunch, but Rory Burns and Sibley negotiated it safely.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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