fork

Example Sentences

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I put my knife and fork together, wiped my mouth with my serviette and said, ‘Please may I leave the table?’

From Literature

But before I could dig in—a process that required a fork and three napkins—I spotted him again.

From Literature

I popped a bite into my mouth with my fingers, having forgotten to grab a fork at the mess hall, before retrieving the letter from my pocket.

From Literature

In Tayari Jones’s novel, two childhood friends in 1950s Louisiana take “different tines at the fork in the road.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Vernice eventually realizes that she and her friend have taken “different tines at the fork in the road.”

From The Wall Street Journal