colander

Example Sentences

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No longer are we picking through clothing donations or wishing we had a colander or worrying about running out of time in short-term rentals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

And the NHL’s most fearsome netminder suddenly looked as impenetrable as a colander.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2025

If you don't have access to eclipse glasses, you can create a simple pinhole camera with just two sheets of cardboard or even use a colander to project the Sun's image safely onto the ground.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

Water flows through this rock as it does through a colander in your kitchen sink.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

To get her out from under the colander, Billy had slid a piece of cardboard beneath it, pinching her foot sharply in the process, so that it hurt when she walked.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien