spoon-feed

Example Sentences

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As usual, Wiseman doesn’t spoon-feed us details of who’s who and where’s where; he trusts us to get our bearings over an effortlessly engrossing four hours.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

He was not going to spoon-feed that to us.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023

"I wanted someone to spoon-feed me information in a format that was easy."

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2021

Then I would imprison him in his highchair and spoon-feed him, eager to witness gastronomic revelation — the earthy sweetness of yams tinged with maple syrup, the vegetal pleasure of buttery broccoli.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2020

We must spoon-feed it, and nice nights that will give me!

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852 by Chambers, William