Sentence examples for a pound of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a pound of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an amount of something, typically a tangible item such as food, that weighs one pound. For example, "I need to buy a pound of apples for the pie recipe."

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A pound of chicken?

Instead he demanded a pound of flesh.

A pound of beef requires 183 gallons.

Add half a pound of crumbled hamburger.

We eat half a pound of prosciutto.

A pound of butter contains 3,327 calories.

A pound of butter sells for $4.49.

"A pound of potato salad costs more".

The traditional pound cake got its name because it contained a pound of flour, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs and a pound of butter.

"I bought a pound of pot".

A pound of asparagus yields only about half a pound of edible stalk.

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