Do these sentences sound natural to you? Is there any other way of saying the 2nd part of these sentences? What's the meaning of "consumed in waves" here?
? The home was too small for everyone to even eat together. Dinners were consumed in waves — first the children, then the men, and finally the women.
Hasibrahman Do these sentences sound natural to you? Reasonably so, yes. Hasibrahman What's the meaning of "consumed in waves" here?
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HasibrahmanDo these sentences sound natural to you?
Reasonably so, yes.
HasibrahmanWhat's the meaning of "consumed in waves" here?
eaten in shifts; eaten one group at a time
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