eat sparingly

A good rule is to eat sparingly if the meal is taken just before speaking.

Usually the sufferer with "nerves" is the only one in the household who will eat sparingly and chew his food slowly.

On the part of many it will take all the determination they have to chew their food to a cream and always eat sparingly.

The fish was eaten as one might eat sparingly of a delicacy, and the broth was drunk now and then between mouthfuls.

I eat mostimes my three meals, then for fear to be noticed, I always eat sparingly.