Example Sentences

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If these Sleets had to live under those rules they’d all starve to death.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Eating with the Sleets and Lefty Lewis was really hard to do, not because they had bad table manners or nothing, but because they talked through the whole breakfast.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Sleets had a room for eating and it had a great big table right in the middle of it.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

After breakfast me and Mr. Lewis said goodbye to the Sleets and got back into the car.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis