Example sentences for: staple

How can you use “staple” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He also founded and, with his son, David, still edits the Barnhart Dictionary Companion [ BDC ], a periodical report on new words that features the staple of Barnhart lexicography--full, dated citations.

  • If nothing else, the episode allows the Post to trot out this foreign correspondent's staple phrase (found, I believe, on key F7): "the capital appeared calm but tense tonight."

  • In fact, their staple diet usually consisted of fish, crabs, conch, and birds.

  • 23 This one-time staple has been replaced by shirts of dizzying diversity in fabric, design, and style, providing the final consumer with a huge assortment of shirts while exposing retailers and manufacturers to increased risk of holding large volumes of unsold goods.

  • For starters, she said, Y2K is efficient, since it uses just three characters; similarly structured acronyms such as IBM, NBC, and GTE are a staple these days.


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