hit the spot
Example Sentences
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The sweet potato coconut soup hit the spot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Those small margins made the difference at 'the G' as they hit the spot.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
What awaits might be just a dive, but a hot bowl of ramen rarely fails to hit the spot.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
Now, most of us wonder why our little pocket computers — with their nagging buzz of notifications about Candy Crush or Wordle scores — never quite hit the spot.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
Even though I was starving and that omelette—the OMG Omelette—would’ve hit the spot, I couldn’t do it.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
