spoon-feed

Example Sentences

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He was not going to spoon-feed that to us.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023

“One day, Demi came in with this idea like, ‘I can’t spoon-feed you anymore.’

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022

"I wanted someone to spoon-feed me information in a format that was easy."

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2021

Drivers can’t spoon-feed babies in a car seat, but they can hand them a tube of banana puffs and let them feed themselves.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019

Better let them go to hell in their own way than attempt to spoon-feed them.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John