spoonful
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“I like to immerse myself and have a real experience and hopefully make it funny so it’s like a spoonful of sugar for the audience as they learn something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
But until then, I cherish my cloistered time by the spoonful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Add a spoonful to your next homemade dressing: ranch dressing, Caesar dressing, coleslaw, anything mayo-based, and it suddenly tastes more alive.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
Chipotles in adobo bring smoke, spice and richness in a single spoonful.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
He put weights on one side of the scale and a large spoonful of coriander on the other.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
“The taste is the inheritance,” said Kaweenuntawong, who remembers sipping spoonfuls as a toddler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Think: the spoonfuls of things you always wish you had on hand but rarely want to make from scratch.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
He had two spoonfuls, Mr. Valdez, 31, said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
It’s so good that she serves extra spoonfuls of the dressing straight out of the mixing bowl, dropping dollops of it onto our plates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
When a spoon is full, it’s a spoonful—but are two of them spoonsful or spoonfuls!
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
