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How to use mealtime in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Mealtime means the appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten. Example: “My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes.”

Examples of mealtime by meaning

nounThe appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten.

  • My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes.
  • Since mealtime has been the traditional setting for family interaction, Tending the Family Tree is structured to simulate that setting.1982, Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen, “[Introduction] Brief Description of the Course”, in Tending the Family Tree: A Family-centered, Bible-based...
  • As the 3DS gets closer to launch, and in spite of my assertions that I’ll be turning the 3D off for my youngest, I still find myself inundated with questions about the new console most mealtimes.2011 February 4, Andy Robertson, “Playground Report on Pilotwings Resort 3DS”, in Wired, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2025

More sentences with mealtime

  • Parents have been entertaining their children at mealtime with alphabet soup since the nineteenth century.From the entry alphabet soup
  • They put mats on the table during mealtimes.From the entry mat
  • Twelve hours after the start of the day, including mealtime, golden time, or double time, begins.1993, Harry C. Box, Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, page 338. From the entry golden time
  • Dreams go unfulfilled and high hopes fall hard around mealtimes when the city's haunchiest women come out, looking to claim what's theirs.2015 April 22, Iliza Shlesinger, Instagram, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2026. From the entry haunchiest
  • Here’s a simple color-cued key to healthful eating that I call the pentacolor principle: At mealtime, try and include at least five differently colored foods.1982 January 13, Trisha Yeager, “Count the food colors”, in Standard-Speaker, volume 115, number 32,771, Hazleton, Pa., page 33, column 1. From the entry pentacolor
  • We now know it is safe to consume food grown or hunted here, though enzyme supplements are recommended and have become a social norm at mealtimes.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Andromeda Wildlife: Overview…. From the entry consume
  • Peer pressure helps explain why people in Europe weigh less than Americans: They follow different social norms, like eating only at mealtimes instead of snacking throughout the day.2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, page 230. From the entry norm
  • Caretaking routines associated with sleeptime and mealtime, shopping and housework—all of these are potential opportunities for children to achieve new levels of independence, or to cling to babyish ways.1985, Marilyn Segal, Don Adcock, “Daily Living”, in Your Child at Play: One to Two Years, New York, N.Y.: Newmarket Press, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry sleeptime
  • A flattened stone for knife . . . a pointed piece of wood for fork—and any deficits in mealtime satisfaction were remedied by husky fingers and thumbs.1939 July 24, Caleb, “The ABC’s of Silver”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume XCVIII, number 175, page 4, column 1. From the entry utensilry

Meaning of mealtime

  1. noun The appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten.

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Questions about mealtime in a sentence

How do you use mealtime in a sentence?
Mealtime is used as a noun. For example: “My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes.”
What is a short sentence with mealtime?
“They put mats on the table during mealtimes.”
What does mealtime mean?
Mealtime means the appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten.

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