spoon

Example Sentences

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When my spoon broke through the wobbly layer of cheesy bread and resurfaced all gooey and molten, the winter suddenly didn’t seem so bad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The soup is only considered successful if a spoon can stand completely upright when placed inside the pot -- giving a new meaning to the phrase "stiff competition".

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

If vegetables feel like an obligation, tuck them into lemony beans, dense spoon salads, roasted carrots with yogurt or a produce-packed pasta that eats like comfort food.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

A spoon salad doesn’t ask you to wrestle anything.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

And now my mother was standing and slamming a serving spoon down on the table.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli