spoon-fed

Example Sentences

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He believes viewers should be active participants and not just have everything spoon-fed to them.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

At a scoop shop in downtown Manhattan, a large white poodle was spoon-fed what appeared to be vanilla ice cream.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

Other images include Susan being spoon-fed by her young granddaughter and her lying on her bed having forgotten how to dress herself.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

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

I suppose he had felt like a baby, being spoon-fed.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien