spooning

Example Sentences

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Spooning wedges out of ruby syrup on a blustery day is restorative for the senses and spirit.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2021

Spooning into the desert, one finds the apple is actually custard, formed and painted to look like an apple.

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2018

Spooning large dollops onto phyllo dough, she meticulously folded them into triangles.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2012

Spooning up some pomegranate seeds by the side of the road while waiting for my German friend Nadia, I noticed the morality police approaching.

From Time Magazine Archive

She pressed her face to the pane again, murmuring that exquisite poem of Andrew Lang: "Spooning is innocuous and needn't have a sequel,  But recollect, if spoon you must, spoon only with your equal."

From In Search of the Unknown by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)