spoons

Example Sentences

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"Everything here is earned. At private schools the facilities are provided, but here there are no silver spoons, we have to put the work in."

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

As we speak, he gamely spoons chicken noodle soup into his mouth with a plastic spoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

But here’s the thing: there are nights when you don’t have the spoons to deal with a knife.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Ivorian schoolchildren crowd around masks, finely carved turtles, and ceremonial spoons once admired by visitors of Zurich's Rietberg Museum.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

We dipped spoons into the mixture and tasted it.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks