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Example sentences for "oatmeal"

Lexicographically close words:
oaten; oath; oathe; oathes; oaths; oats; obay; obbligato; obcordate
  1. As the oatmeal disappeared the chickens looked about them for shelter and discovered the strips of cloth that did duty for the maternal wings.

  2. They take naturally to oatmeal flakes, don't they?

  3. But to those who exist all the week on hunches of dry bread, and not much of that, oatmeal porridge doesn't seem to come as a luxury.

  4. The scientific dinner consists of haricot beans, or lentil soup, or oatmeal porridge, or vegetable pot-bouilli; say twopence a quart.

  5. The troup never complained, no matter how often he shifted them from oatmeal to rolled wheat and back again.

  6. You remember when we put the play on first, in 1897,--the good old days when oatmeal and rolled wheat were still the only breakfast foods.

  7. Mrs. Forbes left the room with the oatmeal dishes.

  8. Oh, the oatmeal is a plenty," said Jewel, looking at the housekeeper, eager to mollify her.

  9. In some countries, as Scotland, it forms an important article of diet, in the form of porridge or oatmeal cakes.

  10. Wheat, and corn and oatmeal form most important articles of diet.

  11. The brose was then made of oatmeal and butter, with a ring in it.

  12. Frost kindled a fire, and I made some oatmeal porridge for breakfast, after which we strolled along the shore, and were surprised to find an encampment of Indians quite close to us.

  13. At the first roadside inn or cottage get a quart of oatmeal or wheat-flour boiled in half a pail of water--mere soaking the raw oatmeal is not sufficient.

  14. In matter of diet he was frugal, and he always stuck to the old oat-cake and oatmeal porridge he had been accustomed to from childhood.

  15. Miss Lonsdale said that she would have fed me with something better than oatmeal if she had been my wife.

  16. A dish of steaming oatmeal was before Elijah, a pitcher of thick cream and a bowl of powdered sugar.

  17. Do you think you would have put up with a husband who gave you only oatmeal week in and week out, and not over much at that?

  18. Not even when we were traveling around from place to place in a covered wagon, and sleeping on the ground, and when we had only oatmeal to eat day in and day out; not even when our babies were sick and we had no money to pay a doctor.

  19. Bread and milk, or oatmeal and milk, were the favourite diet of all, in those days; even tea was all but unknown, and the potato almost their nearest approach to a dainty dish.

  20. Rub the oleomargarine and flour together and place in inner kettle of oatmeal cooker, set over the fire, add the tomato, and stir until it boils.

  21. Then place the kettle over hot water in the lower half of the oatmeal cooker, and cook so for ten minutes, when it is ready to serve.

  22. Put the oleomargarine in upper half of an oatmeal kettle, add onion and peppers, and simmer gently for twenty minutes.

  23. Others are of opinion that oatmeal and barleymeal in equal proportions form a preferable food.

  24. Flesh for dogs should be first thoroughly boiled and then taken out before the oatmeal is added to the broth, and left to cool.

  25. At first, he contented himself by licking off portions of the oatmeal which adhered to the interior, but finding this unsatisfactory, he scraped the morsels with his fore-paws into a heap, and then ate the whole at once.

  26. He must hold off and on, and be cautious, and wait the result, and try conclusions with me, this lump of oatmeal dough!

  27. Brose, oatmeal over which boiling water has been poured.

  28. He learned also that she had brought down some honey for sale on the day following her appearance at Ashacombe, and had bought a sack of oatmeal at the mill, which she had taken away on a scarecrow of an Exmoor pony.

  29. Then she blew up the fire and added a few sticks to it, and taking oatmeal out of a sack which lay in one corner, and water from a wooden pitcher, began to make the porridge.

  30. Allow a little longer time for bread containing oatmeal or other grains.

  31. When oatmeal is used, it is necessary to scald the oatmeal to prevent a raw taste.

  32. Dissolve yeast and sugar in one-half cup lukewarm water, add shortening and add this to the oatmeal and water.

  33. A family which has eaten oatmeal or entire wheat bread will never again be satisfied with a diet that includes only bread made from bleached flour.

  34. I wonder if you ever make oatmeal porridge for your children?

  35. See, I'm going to sprinkle in the oatmeal with my hand.

  36. When I have done that I'll bring the oatmeal down with me, and make it for them.

  37. Because it must boil," explained Meg, "or the oatmeal would sink to the bottom and burn.

  38. A voyage of 1,400 miles in order to purchase a little oatmeal sounds like a rather large order; but, as a matter of fact, it was more comfortable to be under weigh than to lie at anchor where we were, exposed to the ocean swell.

  39. A bag of oatmeal on his back supplied each man's need, Charles himself burned his baggage and marched at the head of his men as light of foot and as stout of heart as the best of them.

  40. They were not long in getting out the stores Brahé had left, and in making themselves a good supper of oatmeal porridge and sugar.

  41. Ordinarily Betty did not care for oatmeal in warm weather, but this morning she was in no mood to quarrel with anything eatable and she dispatched her portion almost as quickly as Bob did his.

  42. The breakfast table was set in the kitchen, and when Betty entered Mrs. Peabody was putting small white saucers of oatmeal at each place.

  43. The food was oatmeal and water for breakfast, flour and water, with a little skimmed milk for dinner, oatmeal and water again for a second supply.

  44. By half past six the oatmeal was on the table and the little family gathered about it, reverently bowing their heads while the Shepherd of Glen Easig asked a blessing upon the food.

  45. Mealy pudding, a Scotch dish made of oatmeal and suet, in form something like a sausage.

  46. To extract its full strength, coffee should invariably be ground as fine as oatmeal or finely-ground hominy, and protracted boiling dissipates the aroma and destroys its fine flavor.


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oatmeal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    cereal; farina; gruel; millet; mush; oatmeal; porridge