Sample Sentences forperishable (auto-selected)
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Spoilage is an important cost for businesses that deal in perishable goods.perishable = things that decay (spoil)
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That store marks down the price of remaining perishable goods late at night.
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The refrigerator was mostly empty, suggesting no one had eaten from it in some time, and while there were boxes and cans of less perishable food in the cupboards, they did not want to be accused of stealing, so they brought their own food out of their backpack and boiled two potatoes for breakfast.† (source)
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Axelroot did pretty well for himself as a pilot in the Congo, transporting perishable goods from the bush into the cities for retail sale, and he was also active in the diamond trade.† (source)
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There are six ponies in a stable across the fields; stores and tackle are all packed, except for a few extra clothes, and the perishable food.† (source)
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But papyrus is perishable.† (source)
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He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.† (source)
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Cans of goods on the shelf were sparse, but the sacks, trays, and cartons of perishables and semiperishables were plentiful.† (source)
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A smart shower at eleven had evidently quenched the enthusiasm of the young ladies who were to arrive at twelve, for nobody came, and at two the exhausted family sat down in a blaze of sunshine to consume the perishable portions of the feast, that nothing might be lost.† (source)
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Around Barry's voice, stacked in dripping piles, were all of our perishables, sweating in the heat of another summer morning.† (source)
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I gazed long at the weather-worn block; and, stooping down, perceived a hole near the bottom still full of snail-shells and pebbles, which we were fond of storing there with more perishable things; and, as fresh as reality, it appeared that I beheld my early playmate seated on the withered turf: his dark, square head bent forward, and his little hand scooping out the earth with a piece of slate.† (source)
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"We have to eat all the perishables the first day," Jamie encouraged me.† (source)
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But you cannot preserve the memory of applause; it is too volatile, too perishable.† (source)
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More perishables were on the menu: soft white bread slices, slabs of sharp cheddar cheese, circles of lush pink bologna.† (source)
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I found his CARE package and stuffed myself with the meat, which was the most perishable item.† (source)
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All of us but five were gathered in the kitchen now that the truck was unloaded, eating some of the perishables we'd picked up on the final shopping trip—cheese and fresh bread with milk—and listening to Jeb and Doc as they explained everything to Jared, Ian, and Kyle.† (source)
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