How to Use larder in a Sentence

larder

noun
  • In their diaries, the men didn’t seem concerned that their larder wasn’t full of meat.
    — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 18 Jan. 2018
  • His mother left him taco kits in the larder for after-school snacks, ground beef in the fridge.
    — Sam Sifton, New York Times, 11 May 2017
  • The females treat turtle nests like their own private larder.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2011
  • My son added meat to the larder with a buck of his own, leaving scant room for the bounty from our pheasant and duck hunts.
    — Tony Jones Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Off the kitchen, a separate 658-foot larder picks up the storage slack.
    — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 4 Feb. 2010
  • He was raised in a family where everyone fished, both for the love of being outdoors, and to fill the larder.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
  • His larder always includes at least four kinds of masa and more than a dozen chiles that are artfully woven into the menu.
    — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Oct. 2017
  • When fear drove people to empty store shelves and fatten their larders, that meant there was less available to make its way to the homeless.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Someone had to learn to do this, to wield knives and fire, risking scars and burns, to coax flavor out of whatever’s left in the larder.
    — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • At the time of purchase, the plantation larder contained 7,000 pounds of pork.
    — Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Hutches that take their cues from English larders provide pantry space and hide a radiator.
    — Kat Ward, The Cut, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Here are some animals that decided human habitats looked like better homes and larders.
    — Brian Gordon Green, National Geographic, 9 June 2018
  • Home in these books means warmth and refuge, families hunkered down against the difficulties of the world, the larder stocked for hard times ahead.
    — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
  • But over the past decade or so, many have returned, creating new traditions rooted in the island’s wild larder.
    — Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This classic combo varies by region and is immensely adaptable, depending on what the cook has in the larder.
    — Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • Golden orb-web spiders (Nephila clavipes) are sit-and-wait hunters that accumulate prey larders on their webs.
    — Mary Bates, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2015
  • Waves had kicked surf clams out of the offshore sediments and strewn them on the shore, where seagulls were trying to figure out how to fly off with such heavy larder.
    — William Sargent, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Since the dawn of humanity, garlic has been pretty essential in the human larder.
    — Kevin Lozano, GQ, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Andreas Bencic and Thomas Christl, both 25, weren’t stocking their own larder.
    — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Chicken wire on the doors of the larder cabinet ensures proper air flow around root vegetables and gives a glimpse of pretty dishware.
    — Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2021
  • Maybe just with an extra bottle of Jack Daniels or Rombauer Chardonnay in their larder.
    — Alfonso Cevola, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2020
  • For a wasp, the large butterfly is clearly the better investment, as a hitchhike would lead it to a gigantic larder for its young.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2010
  • Roseman did some other smart shopping the rest of the winter and spring — shopping that loaded the larder but exactly didn’t set the table.
    — Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • All of the produce is fresh, pickled, fermented or preserved in Osito’s larder.
    — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2021
  • When Leonora slumps against tins of asparagus tips and white peaches in her larder, the moment of collapse is close to unbearable.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Expressing dismay at the larder is one faux pas that otherwise well-meaning folks make when staying in someone else’s vacation home.
    — Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
  • When the flow of gas to the accretion disk is slowed, and the black hole's larder is not restocked, the AGN's brightness lowers.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The antithesis of trophy hunting, this pursuit only targets old deer, and the meat is stored in the larder and either sold locally or used in the kitchens.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
  • All this with the purpose of having an extensive larder to select from and build upon the flavors and techniques that make this restaurant in the central valley.
    — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • Instead of storing nuts and seeds in larders underground, Indian giant squirrels create caches of food high up in the treetops.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2019

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