tongs

Example Sentences

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Oliver James, another flatmate who is studying zoology, transferred the scorpion into a plastic container with kitchen tongs.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Ms. Tapia has been looking for her son, Gustavo Daryl, since he was abducted in 2018 from his food stand, apron on and grill tongs in hand.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

While muffins are still warm, use tongs to dip each muffin in melted butter and pecan-sugar mixture, or use a pastry brush to brush butter on each muffin before rolling in pecan sugar.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Using tongs, grab 5 to 7 chunks of chicken tikka and distribute the pieces over the chana masala.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2024

“This one, perfect. This” — he used his tongs as a pointer — “is so-called undercooked. And this” — he pointed again — “is overdone.”

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen