Frustrated, Dahlia ate the last carrot stick and finished the soda.

She took a carrot stick in both hands, like a chipmunk, and quickly nibbled it down.

"Your carrot," she repeated, indicating the carrot stick he held in his hand.

Sanders scowled, grabbed a fresh carrot stick, and then recovered.

"It was somewhat irregular," she said, munching on a carrot stick.

She smiled at him, taking a carrot stick from the bowl he offered, smiling at her.

Comfort food in the form of a carrot stick?

Keep something to hand as a replacement activity - like a carrot stick to snack on.

I gave him a carrot stick, which he munched happily.

Idly, she took a carrot stick from the dish and crunched into it.