have a meal

Example Sentences

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Compare that, he said, with Chili’s, where “it’s not like you’re going to Le Bernardin or something, but you’re still going in to sit down, have a meal, get served, and enjoy yourself.”

From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025

Cho of Sunny Hills said that prospective residents are always invited to come in and have a meal of Korean food like rice, soup and kimchi that non-Koreans may not be familiar with.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

If I’m going to sit down and have a meal, I want it to be nutritional.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Perdue thought shelters at border crossing points could help limit the vulnerability by serving as safe places where people could pause, have a meal and develop a plan for where they were headed.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022

"And then—hullo! What's wrong with the Human? It looks pretty green. Why, I do believe it's quite faint. Perhaps it's mortal hungry. When did you last have a meal, youngster?"

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis