spoonful

Example Sentences

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But until then, I cherish my cloistered time by the spoonful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

If you want to go a step further, add a spoonful of chili crisp to the pan.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

A spoonful can deepen a pot of lentils, enrich a mushroom skillet or give a weeknight stir-fry the impression that someone spent considerably more time thinking about it than they actually did.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Add a spoonful to your next homemade dressing: ranch dressing, Caesar dressing, coleslaw, anything mayo-based, and it suddenly tastes more alive.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Usually when she cooked, the food had the house smelling some-kind-of-good, and they’d scheme ways to get an early spoonful of banana pudding or sneak a slice of sweet potato pie.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles