LOAF in a Sentence

Learn LOAF from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

51 example sentences for LOAF, such as:

1. Half a loaf is better then no bread.
2. Whereas Lucy, holding the loaf, held the knife up.
3. The arm seized a loaf of bread and carried it off.
4. I went to the baker's to buy a loaf of fresh bread.
5. The thief had flung away the loaf, but his arm was still bleeding.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of LOAF
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
loaf
 n.  any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
Classic Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1  In the meantime, Madame Magloire had served supper: soup, made with water, oil, bread, and salt; a little bacon, a bit of mutton, figs, a fresh cheese, and a large loaf of rye bread.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
2  The arm seized a loaf of bread and carried it off.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
3  The thief had flung away the loaf, but his arm was still bleeding.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
4  Claude Gaux had stolen a loaf; Jean Valjean had stolen a loaf.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
5  See here, Mam'selle Toad," she added, "on your way back, you will get a big loaf from the baker.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—MEN MUST HAVE WINE, AND HORSES MUST HAVE WATE...
6  He dined with Cosette, and he had a loaf of black bread on the table for his own use.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD
7  The baker, who was the proprietor in person, took up a loaf and a knife.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
8  What she called dinner was a loaf of bread and four or five potatoes.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF
9  Only, to alleviate the tediousness of the duty, Athos allowed him to take a loaf, two cutlets, and a bottle of wine.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
10  Whereas Lucy, holding the loaf, held the knife up.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
11  He lighted a candle, set out his little tea-board, got hot water from below, and brought in small portions of tea and sugar, a loaf, and some butter from the nearest shop.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
12  He felt cold and stiff, when he got up next morning, and so hungry that he was obliged to exchange the penny for a small loaf, in the very first village through which he passed.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
13  There was a deal table before the fire: upon which were a candle, stuck in a ginger-beer bottle, two or three pewter pots, a loaf and butter, and a plate.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
14  Why here's one man that, in consideration of his wife and large family, has a quartern loaf and a good pound of cheese, full weight.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  He walked up to the sideboard, and tearing a piece from the loaf he devoured it voraciously, washing it down with a long draught of water.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
Example Sentence:
1  I was surprised at how soft it is, since the loaf is about the size of a football field.
2  Place the roll in the prepared loaf pan, making sure the seam is on the bottom.
3  When Jean Valjean stole a loaf of bread to feed his starving sister, he committed a venial offense.
4  Half a loaf is better then no bread.
5  I went to the baker's to buy a loaf of fresh bread.
6  When baked, the loaf is usually thick-crusted and dense and does not color to a dark gold.