TREACLE in a Sentence

Learn TREACLE 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.

Example sentences for TREACLE, such as:

1. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweet.
2. 'They lived on treacle,' said the Dormouse, after thinking a minute or two.
3. More, however, Chichikov could not discern, for his eyelids were as heavy as though smeared with treacle.

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 Meanings and Examples of TREACLE
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treacle
 n.  remedy against poison; writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental; pale cane syrup
Classic Sentence:
1  'They lived on treacle,' said the Dormouse, after thinking a minute or two.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII. A Mad Tea-Party
2  More, however, Chichikov could not discern, for his eyelids were as heavy as though smeared with treacle.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  Alice did not wish to offend the Dormouse again, so she began very cautiously: "But I don't understand. Where did they draw the treacle from?"
2  The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweet.