spoon

Example Sentences

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This sounds obvious, but it is astonishing how often a potluck table contains six dishes and one spoon.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

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 • Feb. 19, 2026

A spoon salad doesn’t ask you to wrestle anything.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

One character in “Never Mind” has “a face like a crème brûlée after the first blow of the spoon, all covered in little cracks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

He wandered over to his sandbox, sat down on the triangular corner seat, and reached for a big spoon that was partly buried in the sand and dirt.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry