bare larder
Frequency: 6.80.7 per million words
Describes a larder with very little or no food.
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Examples (10)
- After the party, the larder was almost bare.
- We found the family with a bare larder due to hard times.
- The prolonged drought left many homes with a bare larder.
- Christmas was approaching, but their larder remained stubbornly bare.
- A sudden financial crisis meant a temporarily bare larder for them.
- The explorers returned to a disappointingly bare larder at the base camp.
- Despite their efforts, the children often faced a bare larder.
- It was a bleak winter with a bare larder and dwindling hope.
- To avoid a bare larder, she always kept extra supplies.
- The economic downturn resulted in many households having a bare larder.