How to Use larder in a Sentence

larder

noun
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  • His mother left him taco kits in the larder for after-school snacks, ground beef in the fridge.
    — Sam Sifton, New York Times, 11 May 2017
  • In their diaries, the men didn’t seem concerned that their larder wasn’t full of meat.
    — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Off the kitchen, a separate 658-foot larder picks up the storage slack.
    — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 4 Feb. 2010
  • At the time of purchase, the plantation larder contained 7,000 pounds of pork.
    — Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Brian had a fantastic … larder, is that the right word?
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • My son added meat to the larder with a buck of his own, leaving scant room for the bounty from our pheasant and duck hunts.
    — Tony Jones Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Someone had to learn to do this, to wield knives and fire, risking scars and burns, to coax flavor out of whatever’s left in the larder.
    — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • He was raised in a family where everyone fished, both for the love of being outdoors, and to fill the larder.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Andreas Bencic and Thomas Christl, both 25, weren’t stocking their own larder.
    — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Home in these books means warmth and refuge, families hunkered down against the difficulties of the world, the larder stocked for hard times ahead.
    — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
  • When fear drove people to empty store shelves and fatten their larders, that meant there was less available to make its way to the homeless.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Maybe just with an extra bottle of Jack Daniels or Rombauer Chardonnay in their larder.
    — Alfonso Cevola, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2020
  • His larder always includes at least four kinds of masa and more than a dozen chiles that are artfully woven into the menu.
    — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Waves had kicked surf clams out of the offshore sediments and strewn them on the shore, where seagulls were trying to figure out how to fly off with such heavy larder.
    — William Sargent, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2020
  • In the early 1900s, putting a piece of bedsheet or nightshirt in the larder (food-storage cupboard) was supposed to bring plentiful food.
    — Christina Barron, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Roseman did some other smart shopping the rest of the winter and spring — shopping that loaded the larder but exactly didn’t set the table.
    — Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • This classic combo varies by region and is immensely adaptable, depending on what the cook has in the larder.
    — Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • The low, broad sweep of coastal estuary rimming a lobe of Matagorda Bay shore was the larder and kitchen, with the bayou/slough connecting the reach of rich wetlands to the bay serving as the dining room.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Golden orb-web spiders (Nephila clavipes) are sit-and-wait hunters that accumulate prey larders on their webs.
    — Mary Bates, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2015
  • Chicken wire on the doors of the larder cabinet ensures proper air flow around root vegetables and gives a glimpse of pretty dishware.
    — Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2021
  • Hutches that take their cues from English larders provide pantry space and hide a radiator.
    — Kat Ward, The Cut, 25 Oct. 2017
  • All this with the purpose of having an extensive larder to select from and build upon the flavors and techniques that make this restaurant in the central valley.
    — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and was traditionally the last chance to use up any fat in the larder before the 40-day austerities of Lent.
    — Janet McConnaughey and Kevin McGill, Star Tribune, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The chefs at Orlando Meats get a lot of attention for butchery, burgers and the briny larder from which pickled-just-about-anything often shows itself on the menu.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Since the dawn of humanity, garlic has been pretty essential in the human larder.
    — Kevin Lozano, GQ, 19 Sep. 2017
  • All of the produce is fresh, pickled, fermented or preserved in Osito’s larder.
    — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Harvest your modern larder for these elements of intrigue.
    — Michelle McKenzie and Margo True, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Instead of storing nuts and seeds in larders underground, Indian giant squirrels create caches of food high up in the treetops.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2019
  • But the fundamental rationale for the approval was that the larder of potential treatments for Alzheimer’s was otherwise bare.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
  • Here are some animals that decided human habitats looked like better homes and larders.
    — Brian Gordon Green, National Geographic, 9 June 2018

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