eat sparingly

Example Sentences

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Ribbons of caramel, chocolate and ingredients most adults should only eat sparingly — such as bubble gum, cake frosting and rainbow sprinkles.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2017

They were all day on the long black road, stopping in the afternoon to eat sparingly from their meager supplies.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

They were to stand a little apart from the excitements and temptations of everyday life, to eat sparingly, drink water, resort greatly to self-criticism and self-examination, and harden their spirits by severe and dangerous exercises.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Often, when his purse had been lightest—when he had been forced to eat sparingly of the cheapest food—he had been used to remember an old fragment of Virgil that he had learned as a boy.

From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford

The prospective mother must be urged to take a regular amount of gentle exercise, not to become over-tired, or excited, to eat sparingly at night, and to drink plenty of water.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.