cupful

Example Sentences

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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

When the casing shrinks in the heat of the oven, it pulls up the sides of each slice, forming a little meat cupful of spicy oil.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2019

She suspected that Judith had invented the irksome procedure just to keep her busy, and in a burst of resentment she poured in the remaining cupful all at once.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare