colander

Example Sentences

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Enthralled, Elio plops a colander on his head and pleads for aliens to touch down and “take me with you — but not in a desperate way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2025

Using a colander or other method of choice, shake off excess flour-cornmeal before lowering okra into hot oil.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 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

Billy, the younger Fitzgibbon son, had been sitting on the kitchen stool, his feet up on the rung, eating berries from a colander.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien