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
He said that while his Labour and Conservative opponents would be going "hammer and tongs to discredit each other" he would be going "hammer and tongs" for Scotland.
From BBC ● May 23, 2024
He recommends putting oil on a paper towel to rub on the grill using a pair of tongs.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
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
With a pair of kitchen tongs, Simon lifted the cannibal book from a vat of bubbling liquid that sat upon a makeshift stove, fashioned out of Bunsen burners from the Swanburne laboratory.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
