scoop out
Example Sentences
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A piece of Fern’s called out societal expectations that a woman “unobtrusively gather up her thimble and, retiring into some out-of-the-way place, gradually scoop out her coffin with it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Another method, recorded in 1735, was to scoop out the pulp, mix it with chopped apples and sugar, bake this in the hollowed pumpkin, then eat it spread on bread.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024
As we speak the spring runs dry, meaning Ms Mosiyoa is left to scoop out the remaining water from a litter-filled, stagnant pool.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024
Seeing that excavator take that first scoop out of the dam, she said, “it feels like I can take a deep breath now.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
It was exciting to scoop out such prizes so easily, knowing they were all mine for a change, and my mouth watered at the feast I was going to have.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
