colander

Example Sentences

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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

Farther to the east, at one point it seemed as if the Mojave Desert was as hole-pocked as a colander.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

Strain through a colander, saving ½ cup of the cooking liquid, then add the pasta to the saute pan, along with the reserved cooking liquid.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Billy, the younger Fitzgibbon son, had been sitting on the kitchen stool, his feet up on the rung, eating berries from a colander.

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