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How to use repast in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, verb

Repast means a meal. Example: “When at last they were thoroughly toasted, the Badger summoned them to the table, where he had been busy laying a repast.”

Examples of repast by meaning

nounA meal.

  • When at last they were thoroughly toasted, the Badger summoned them to the table, where he had been busy laying a repast.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, “Mr. Badger”, in The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 73
  • 'Tis true, tonight I ate my last of the royal repast.2010 September, Pseudonymous Bosch [pseudonym; Raphael Simon], “The Royal Kennels”, in This Isn’t What It Looks Like (The Secret Series...

More sentences with repast

  • Trumpets, tabors, shawms, and pipes fanfared the court to the midday repast in the presence chamber.2009, Rona Sharon, Royal Blood, →ISBN. From the entry fanfare
  • At that elaborate holiday repast, Quimby menued the seafood dish as a first course.1991, Food Management, volume 26, page 139. From the entry menu
  • Well, it is my earnest hope that this repast augurs the foundation of a mutual confelicity between us."2002, Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk, Book Two: Hugh Kenick, MacAdam/Cage, →ISBN, page 191. From the entry confelicity
  • Having ordered a light repast, to the consternation of the waiter, they awaited its arrival together with that of Mr.1920, John Galsworthy, “Dartie versus Dartie”, in In Chancery (The Forsyte Saga; 2), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, part II, page 187. From the entry on tenterhooks
  • (2) That every repaster pay 2ᵈ ob the repast.1901, Gray's Inn, Reginald James Fletcher, The Pension Book of Gray's Inn, page 301. From the entry repaster
  • From exercising in the open air all that delightful, breezeful morning, their appetites became immensely whetted for a full enjoyment of the rich repast.1906, Mattie Sampson Smith, “At the Picnic”, in Miss Claire's pupils, The National Baptist Publishing House, page 78. From the entry breezeful
  • But what was my indignation, vexation and shame when I discovered them greedily engaged in ravenously devouring the semese fragments of a barbaric repast.1903 June 6, Dean Farrar as Headmaster, published in The Living Age, 7th series, volume XIX (from the beginning, volume CCXXXVII), number…. From the entry semese
  • Properly served, as is done daily in many a Creole home, an “Ambigu” may become an elegant and distinguished repast, though the viands are plain and simple.2012, The Picayune's Creole Cook Book, page 417. From the entry ambigu
  • Sandwiches done up in chocolate-colored parafine paper (this paper may be colored by browning in the oven), and olives will make a very dainty repast for this latest.1903 March 6, The Andover Townsman, volume XVI, number 21, Andover, Mass., page 2, column 2. From the entry chocolatière

Meaning of repast

  1. noun A meal.
  2. noun A period of refreshment or rest.
  3. noun Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal.

Full definition of repast

Questions about repast in a sentence

How do you use repast in a sentence?
Repast is used as a noun and verb. For example: “When at last they were thoroughly toasted, the Badger summoned them to the table, where he had been busy laying a repast.”
What is a short sentence with repast?
“(2) That every repaster pay 2ᵈ ob the repast.”
What does repast mean?
Repast means a meal.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repast (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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