bread
Example Sentences
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Now, “they do have to go back to the bread and butter. They have to stage the home to attract the buyer.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Some proposed baking banana bread, while others considered peeling, chopping and freezing the fruit.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
We started with a generous spread of complimentary bread and butter, fresh oysters, and escargot—my wife’s favorite, not mine, though the leftover sauce was perfect for dipping.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
The 65-year-old came to court in downtown Los Angeles for closing arguments this month in one of the biggest trials of his career, armed with a parable of leavened bread.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
If I were a hulking, armor-clad hero, the tower would have crumbled like dry bread.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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