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

Using a colander or other method of choice, shake off excess flour-cornmeal before lowering okra into hot oil.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 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

His mother was in the kitchen poking out the clogged holes of a colander with a hairpin, and biting her lower lip with concentration.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck