How to Use brown bread in a Sentence

brown bread

noun
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  • The naval brown bread that is served at the start of the meal is a beloved part of the Jack Dusty experience.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Some ate brown bread, milk-toast, and graham crackers to fill their bellies.
    — Howard Markel, Smithsonian, 28 July 2017
  • Toasters use radiant heat to brown bread, muffins and bagels.
    — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2020
  • With the bells dying out in the background, Agnes resumes bustling about her kitchen, filling up the teapot and buttering slices of brown bread.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Why do people go crazy for The Cheesecake Factory's sweet brown bread?
    — Spoon U, Teen Vogue, 9 Dec. 2017
  • To make open-faced smoked salmon sandwiches, use a good quality Pullman loaf or a dense brown bread.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The crusty brown bread that accompanies the meat, seasoned with coriander seed and dotted with circles of fat, is its equal.
    — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
  • My mother was also a believer in health food, which at that time meant a lot of sandwiches on dry Pepperidge Farm brown bread.
    — Alice Waters, WSJ, 3 June 2022
  • To me, that world was all about stale, dry brown bread and an indiscriminate way of eating cross-legged on couches or on the ground with none of the formality of the table.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Workers at the big Crosse & Blackwell plant on Eastern Avenue turned out everything from cream of celery soup to cans of brown bread and mango chutney.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The brown bread Ireland is referencing is the slightly-sweet loaf of soft wheat bread that comes warm with a side of butter before every meal at the Cheesecake Factory.
    — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 15 July 2019
  • Wide ceramic troughs of homemade country pork pâté and rough, aspic-jiggly headcheese, wheels of crusty brown bread, fat links of saucisson sec, more oysters.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Lest anyone think that the Factory does not provide for its loyal fans, three versions of brown bread will be available: heat-and-serve dinner rolls and mini-baguettes, as well as pre-cut sandwich loaves.
    — Melissa Minton, Bon Appetit, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Poorer people, meanwhile, ate thick stews made out of staples like cabbage and leeks, small portions of meat, brown bread, and vegetables and fruits readily grown in gardens.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Good Housekeeping’s Thanksgiving menus from 1900 celebrate celery in every form: There was celery soup, the stalks blended with mashed potatoes and accompanied by peanut butter on brown bread.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2019

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