ladle

Example Sentences

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The championships are considered a major cultural event in the Netherlands, even featuring special postage stamps with the logo of a ladle and potato masher.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The movie purports to dip into the deep well of Shakespearean magnificence but emerges only with a ladle full of greasy schmaltz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Begin adding stock, one ladleful to start — and not adding another ladle until the previous addition has been fully and completely absorbed by the rice.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025

“For all you non-Jews out there, a kochleffel is a ladle, a ladle that stirs the pot. And when Norman, the kochleffel, stirred that pot, he wound up changing American culture.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2024

Jack would ladle it over your buttered linguine, your rounds of fresh bread.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee