How to Use food for thought in a Sentence

food for thought

noun phrase
  • The next two months offer food for thought.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • There will be food for thought for Farke, all the same.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
  • That’s food for thought — and science.
    — David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Here’s a lamp that really is food for thought.
    — Francesca Perry, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But there is some food for thought to go along with what Zayn has been saying.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • This one, in particular, has given me a lot of food for thought.
    — James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
  • The next week in the United States will give Spain plenty of food for thought.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Despite the closing moments being more tense than expected, Arteta’s frontline did give him food for thought.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But that excellent second-half performance wasn’t the only thing to give Struber food for thought today.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Still, Markey is the only politician to beat Kennedy in Massachusetts, which is food for thought for any challenger.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond the exchange of ideas, business pitches and social affairs, folks are likely to leave Cannes Lions with all sorts food for thought.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • Brazil subs provide food for thought Even Brazilian television commentators were speechless when the home side ran out after half-time.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Hughes’ point about food waste (an enormous problem which New Atlas has covered in numerous articles) is more than simply food for thought.
    — New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The meal includes intellectual and philosophical discussions that enlighten your mind and offer food for thought.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The alt-space history show offers some food for thought, posing serious questions about what would have happened to America in the aftermath and the knock-on effect.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026
  • There’s also plenty of food for thought on the menu, which reflects the chef’s interests in Black agricultural history, farmers’ markets and foraging, and stellar and honestly made wine.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The film looks like a million bucks, has a high pedigree of talent, and mistakes constant poking for conversation, endless buzzwords for a buffet of food for thought, incendiary hypotheticals for insight.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Also offering food for thought is director Luca Guadagnino, whose film After the Hunt gives us a devastating look into cancel culture on campus.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025

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