spoonful

Example Sentences

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I could tell from the smell of fajitas, the Lovin’ Spoonful on the stereo, the four TVs tuned to four different ESPNs.

From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025

Recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful, Summer In The City is a 1960s rock classic, full of ominous organ chords and powerful drum hits that capture the sticky filth of an oppressive heatwave.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

Spoonful by spoonful and in mere minutes, each omelet was flipped and plated like pancakes.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2023

Aug. 23, 1968 Simon & Garfunkel The New York duo first played the Bowl in 1967 opening for the Lovin’ Spoonful, and a year later they returned as headliners.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022

Spoonful after spoonful was sucked in as rapidly as the heat allowed; and, indeed, I hardly took time to bestow a blessing on the cook.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz