cupful

On a recent afternoon, Gérald poured less than a cupful of cooking oil into an old water bottle and handed it to a young boy.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

Each child participated, lowering a cupful into the water and tipping it until the eggs tumbled out and settled on a metal screen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2022

"A simple-minded but perfect way to master the movement is to practice outdoors with half a cupful of dried beans."

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2022

Used by the pinch or by the cupful, a harmonious spice blend can deepen and round out the flavors of almost any dish, instantly adding color, perfume and, sometimes, a stinging kick.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2021

In the middle of the day we were served a cupful of the unfermented grainbrew, orsh; before sunset we were taken back to the barracks and given dinner, porridge with some vegetables, and beer.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Because, he explains, "with all our knowledge of chemistry we could not produce a meal from a few cupfuls of chalk and salt."

From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2019

The key is to think of herbs — particularly the tender ones — not as accents used in mere tablespoons but rather as star players tossed in by fistfuls and cupfuls.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2019

People waited patiently for nearly two hours for a shot at the chili bowls and the fried chicken sandwiches, the flat bean-filled tacos called "foldies" and the cupfuls of stewed collard greens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2016

The crowd leaned over creaking police barricades to snatch cupfuls of free gelato given out along the parade route.

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2015

Shukumar had been going through their supplies steadily, preparing meals for the two of them, measuring out cupfuls of rice, defrosting bags of meat day after day.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri