Sentence examples for were staple from inspiring English sources
noun
A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
"I worked in record stores growing up" in southern Illinois, he recalled, "and we had Staple Singers records and were Staple Singers fans.
Dahl's books, such as Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr Fox, were staple childhood reads for several generations who are have now started families of their own.
Indigenous gathering practices were staple activities designed not only to provide resources for the people, but also to tend and respond to the needs of the land.
So many of her movies were staple parts of our prized VHS collection.
Paddy and corn were staple crops in the tropical plains (Bailnad).
Nudity, comic book gore and liberal use of color were staple traits; in one mural there was a scalped, bearded man with lasers for eyes sitting next to a luminous pink-skinned cross dresser with a Hitler mustache.
Saffron rice and Brazilian beans were staples.
Three discs of one species were stapled to each segment.
McDonald's, Gillette, Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola were staples.
And we went to a funeral parlour where they were staple-gunning velvet and gluing crosses on cheap plywood coffins all day to keep up with demand.
The tusks were staples of the cabinet of curiosities.
