break bread

Example Sentences

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For a heartbeat, you can almost imagine an alternate ending: two lonely figures passing the winter in gentle domesticity, breaking bread, tending the fire, building a language out of generosity.

From Salon

I’m a married woman in my 30s with a horror of vacationing in hot places, breaking bread with strangers and visiting ports of call where the local culture consists of Margaritavilles and novelty T-shirt shops.

From Salon

In “Bel Canto,” Patchett concocts an almost fantastical scenario: What would happen if in the course of a months-long hostage crisis, the militants and civilians broke bread and sought comfort in each other?

From Los Angeles Times

That knowledge came from being a film composer and also so many colleagues in the film world, who I’ve had a chance to break bread with.

From Los Angeles Times

I named my podcast breaking bread because I’m huge into baking bread and I love to host dinners and get-togethers.

From Los Angeles Times