tongs
Example Sentences
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At that same moment, Scarlett moved towards her dad, perhaps in a bid to grab the tongs, and ran on to the blade, Ms Hall says.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
Use clean tongs, cutting boards and plates for serving cooked food.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 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
Using tongs, grab 5 to 7 chunks of chicken tikka and distribute the pieces over the chana masala.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024
My father would tong, bringing up oysters with his long fir-wood tongs, which looked like scissors with a metal rake at the end of each shaft.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
