spoon-fed

Example Sentences

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"I spoon-fed the police," she explains with exasperation as she shows us print-outs of text messages and voicemails.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

The broadcasters are spoon-fed a talking point while noting that the Bears have lost nine games in a row, including all three under interim coach Thomas Brown.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

But even as a kid, I was largely content to live within those musically monolithic walls, supremely enjoying the fact that I'd been spoon-fed "In Utero" since I was in utero.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2023

One of them, Shamim Salim, 26, was being spoon-fed soup by a well-wisher.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2023

The man spoon-fed me broth with sweet corn mush until the fist unclenched just enough for me to rest, then he put it beside me on a flat rock.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline