Breakfast in a sentence

I had an interview with the baronet in his study after breakfast, and I told him all that I had seen.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I should be glad to get away as soon after breakfast as possible, so as to reach London in the afternoon.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

At breakfast, however, I informed him about my discovery and asked him whether he would care to accompany me to Coombe Tracey.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

And yet he lied as he said it, for it chanced that after breakfast I met Mrs. Barrymore in the long corridor with the sun full upon her face.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Before breakfast on the morning following my adventure I went down the corridor and examined the room in which Barrymore had been on the night before.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Sir Henry had numerous papers to examine after breakfast, so that the time was propitious for my excursion.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Our breakfast table was cleared early, and Holmes waited in his dressing-gown for the promised interview.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

As Sir Henry and I sat at breakfast the sunlight flooded in through the high mullioned windows, throwing watery patches of colour from the coats of arms which covered them.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

We had a small scene this morning after breakfast.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Immediately after breakfast.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

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Dictionary

Merriam-Webster
— the first meal of the day especially when taken in the morning
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Macmillan
— the first meal you have in the morning
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Other Word Forms

breakfasted
breakfasting
breakfasts


Usage

11 uses of ‘breakfast’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle