plain food

Example Sentences

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Initially, Fatiha was advised by paramedics to take diarrhoea medication and eat plain food.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

I don’t want to prepare only plain food for family gatherings.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2018

Their pre-Olympic training camp was at a university campus where they slept in dorm rooms usually occupied by students and ate plain food served up in the college’s dining hall.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2016

Those tapas were small servings of very plain food.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2016

At Malvern the regime consisted not only of the water cure but also of plain food and springwater to drink.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman