ladle

Example Sentences

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Having finished second last year, Vos said he was "very, very proud" to be taking home the silver ladle this time.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The movie purports to dip into the deep well of Shakespearean magnificence but emerges only with a ladle full of greasy schmaltz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

To serve, ladle into bowls and then add a dollop of sour cream or creme fraiche.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

“For all you non-Jews out there, a kochleffel is a ladle, a ladle that stirs the pot. And when Norman, the kochleffel, stirred that pot, he wound up changing American culture.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2024

I developed an eye for measuring how full a silver-looking ladle of flour, mash, meal, sugar or com had to be to push the scale indicator over to eight ounces or one pound.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou