spoon

Example Sentences

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When my spoon broke through the wobbly layer of cheesy bread and resurfaced all gooey and molten, the winter suddenly didn’t seem so bad.

From The Wall Street Journal

I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

From Salon

The soup is only considered successful if a spoon can stand completely upright when placed inside the pot -- giving a new meaning to the phrase "stiff competition".

From Barron's

Lynsey says you should angle bowls downwards so they don't collect water and mix up your cutlery so spoons don't nest together.

From BBC

But here’s the thing: there are nights when you don’t have the spoons to deal with a knife.

From Salon