Vocabulary Word
Word: gruel
Definition: thin liquid porridge
Definition: thin liquid porridge
Sentences Containing 'gruel'
Such gruel sustains life here, I thought; so, shutting my eyes, and excluding the motes by a skilfully directed undercurrent, I drank to genuine hospitality the heartiest draught I could.
We made many a``bran new''theory of life over a thin dish of gruel, which combined the advantages of conviviality with the clear headedness which philosophy requires.
When they find an inch of mud in the bottom of a glass, they stir it up, and then take the draught as they would gruel.
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