spoon

Example Sentences

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I tug the spoon out of the shake, sending a few purple drips to the counter, and take a huge bite.

From Literature

As the sun sank, neighbors began banging spoons on metal pots from inside their homes, the subtle but unmistakable clank of government protests.

From Los Angeles Times

Mike Piazza, the slugger expensively coached from boyhood in the modern manner, saw “the silver spoons of his youth smelted into the first of ten consecutive Silver Slugger awards.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It ended up spooned over chicken, rice and greens, the whole thing rich without ever touching cream.

From Salon

Anthony’s a feeling person — he’s moved when Doug gives Dougie “the spoon that was used by my grandma ... when she used to make hot sauce in our kitchen when I was a little boy.”

From Los Angeles Times