oatmeal

Example Sentences

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As Boy Scouts, the twins learned to survive in the wilderness, or at least subsist on oatmeal for two days as they did once after running out of other food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

“Nothing compared to this,” Lanier said, reflecting on the attention to the trial, over oatmeal, toast and a Coke Zero in a downtown Los Angeles hotel the morning after the victory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Each person consumed 300 grams of oatmeal per day and cut their usual calorie intake roughly in half.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Sweet breakfasts have never been my natural habitat—good oatmeal is a beloved, comparatively rare exception, as is a single yeasty, griddled buttermilk diner pancake swimming in syrup.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

Swiftly they put away the clean oatmeal bowls in the kitchen cupboards, which watched them with painted eyes.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket