How to Use oatmeal in a Sentence

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  • Add nuts and seeds on top of oatmeal.
    — Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Even your oatmeal might not be safe.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Should work well in oatmeal, though.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This type of oatmeal is more dense and takes a bit longer to cook.
    — Cynthia Sass, Rd, Health.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • These flakes are large and oily, think the size of bran or oatmeal.
    — Jessica Cruel, Allure, 20 July 2018
  • Think creamy whites, ivory, beige, tan, oatmeal tones, and soft browns.
    — Erica Puisis, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Walz made an early stop for a bowl of oatmeal.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • Use it as the liquid in oatmeal or overnight oats.
    — Cynthia Sass, Health, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Use it as the liquid in oatmeal or overnight oats.
    — Cynthia Sass, Health, 27 Apr. 2026
  • For the rest, the advice is to use oatmeal or sand.
    — ABC News, 26 May 2026
  • Save the maple syrup and berries for topping oatmeal.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Use some creative tricks to beef up your oatmeal.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Eat them as a snack, or add them to smoothies or oatmeal.
    — Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 22 May 2026
  • Eat them as a snack, or add them to smoothies or oatmeal.
    — Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Comes in classic heather navy or heather oatmeal.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Cooked oatmeal will keep for about two to three months in the freezer.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Sometimes the chef had made hot oatmeal.
    — John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Use whole or ground flaxseeds to top your oatmeal for extra fiber.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Grains are also great for your gut health, like brown rice or oatmeal.
    — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Cook buckwheat groats like rice or oatmeal.
    — Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 12 June 2026
  • Breakfast was eggs, grits or oatmeal, a slice of bread, and a drink.
    — Connor Sheets | [email protected], al, 25 June 2021
  • Dried products like rice, beans, quinoa, oatmeal, and corn work great.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Try it with a cozy sweater in a fall hue like oatmeal, olive green, or mahogany.
    — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Nia joins us at the table with two bowls of oatmeal, one for her and one for me.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The pudding is made with oatmeal, pigs blood, pork fat, onions, spices and herbs.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2018
  • Hunger can be abated by eating a bag of chips or a bowl of oatmeal.
    — Patricia Lopez, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Dry foods, like pasta and oatmeal, don’t take up a lot of space and don’t weigh much.
    — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Chop up your kiwi to use as a garnish on your next bowl of oatmeal.
    — Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The hot oatmeal can be embellished with all sorts of mix-ins.
    — courant.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • From the other spout came a slurry of what looked like dirty oatmeal.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2020

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