spooning

Example Sentences

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An alternative to jams or jellies, we love spooning it onto bites of toasted bagels or hot buttered toast.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Don’t start spooning up coleslaw because you think it’ll stop you from getting cancer.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

It felt perfectly complete to reach back into the fridge, take out the strained yogurt and balance out the dish by spooning some on top.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

He did offer a chance in eighth over - spooning a pull to a short ball from Hazlewood which Mitch Marsh dropped sliding in when wicketkeeper Alex Carey was better placed to take the catch.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2023

I tried to cut slices but mangled the job and ended up spooning out pie that looked more like cobbler.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly