colander

Example Sentences

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No longer are we picking through clothing donations or wishing we had a colander or worrying about running out of time in short-term rentals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

And the NHL’s most fearsome netminder suddenly looked as impenetrable as a colander.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2025

If you don't have access to eclipse glasses, you can create a simple pinhole camera with just two sheets of cardboard or even use a colander to project the Sun's image safely onto the ground.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

Water flows through this rock as it does through a colander in your kitchen sink.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

We returned to the kitchen, where my mother was draining a pot of boiled rice into a colander.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri