cupful

Example Sentences

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On a recent afternoon, Gérald poured less than a cupful of cooking oil into an old water bottle and handed it to a young boy.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

As Sisk carried a cupful to the tank, she said she was “talking to the eggs about their ancestors,” the salmon that swam there long ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2022

"A simple-minded but perfect way to master the movement is to practice outdoors with half a cupful of dried beans."

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2022

When the casing shrinks in the heat of the oven, it pulls up the sides of each slice, forming a little meat cupful of spicy oil.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2019

Kevin poured each of them a cupful of Coke.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer