spoons

Example Sentences

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Armed with spoons, they test the samples in a rapid-fire process of slurping and spitting into metal sinks they call “spittoons.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Ivorian schoolchildren crowd around masks, finely carved turtles, and ceremonial spoons once admired by visitors of Zurich's Rietberg Museum.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

"No silver spoons in my hood, just empty pockets," he mused.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

There are some evenings where you, literally, just don’t have the spoons to deal with a knife.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2026

Mama is banging spoons against pots in the kitchen.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan