tongs
Example Sentences
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I may need to open my emails with metal tongs for the next 48 hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
During the play-fight, Ms Hall says she accidentally nipped Vickers with the kitchen tongs.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
Ms. Tapia has been looking for her son, Gustavo Daryl, since he was abducted in 2018 from his food stand, apron on and grill tongs in hand.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
While muffins are still warm, use tongs to dip each muffin in melted butter and pecan-sugar mixture, or use a pastry brush to brush butter on each muffin before rolling in pecan sugar.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Min used a pair of special wooden tongs to carry out the still-hot vases one by one, and placed them carefully into the cart, where Tree-ear had prepared a bed of straw.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
