spoons
Example Sentences
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In 1943, she, the remaining members of her family and some 250 other prisoners dug a 600-foot underground tunnel using spoons to escape the Jewish ghetto, as he recounted in another Colossus podcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
A couple of silver serving spoons were missing from a box of stainless-steel flatware that survived, said Chris, who did not report them to the authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Dip the freezer dates in the melted chocolate using two spoons.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Lynsey says you should angle bowls downwards so they don't collect water and mix up your cutlery so spoons don't nest together.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
The spoons were moved slowly: I saw each girl taste her food and try to swallow it; but in most cases the effort was soon relinquished.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
