spoonful

Example Sentences

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A spoonful should hold together — but only just.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Torched dessert cracks like ice, crème brûlée with salted caramel mousse and cloudberry compote, fire and frost in one spoonful.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

But somebody in my party would always have something spicy and I can have a spoonful to add to mine.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Labneh + minced hot dill pickles + a spoonful of brine.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

When Pasta-palooza was just the five of them, and everyone knew the rules for playing trivia, and Axel got the first big spoonful of the elbows with butter, and Byrd called him her buttervore.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers