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Example sentences for: staple

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

Oatmeal was a staple ingredient of Scottish cuisine from the very earliest days and is now available in the form of oatcakes.
Which got me to thinking about how the Chinese government continues to arrest and jail members of a religious group/sect/cult called Falun Gong, which, from what I understand, sounds like kind of a cross between tai chi, yoga, and the kind of New Age philosophy about controlling your body's energy centers that would make it not only a beloved spiritual staple but also a marketing bonanza at least in Los Angeles (and eventually the rest of the country).
There are certain staple Hong Kong turnover details every paper tells us: that Jiang Zemin is the first sitting Chinese leader to visit the colony, that Madeleine Albright snubbed the Chinese, that the Chinese snubbed the British, and that the Chinese are saying they will preserve Hong Kong's free economy and open political system for fifty years.
Many names point to the appearance, customs, staple diet, occupation, possessions or stamping ground of a tribe, as in the following:
This offends almost as much as that other staple, "How are you?"