tongs

Example Sentences

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Tongs or a fork might cause it to fall apart.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2025

David Tongs, a French resident staying in with his daughter in Southampton said he returned to her home to find an official outside who threatened him with a £500 fine.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2021

Sung Tongs was a minor breakthrough, making the Brooklyn-via-Baltimore band's small but devoted following a little less small and a lot more devoted.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2010

Initiation fees, dues, give the Tongs big treasuries, tempt the leaders.

From Time Magazine Archive

It ain't no mortal use your clucking to that mare, Mr. Tongs, Sir, because she don't understand the langwidge—touch her with your 'eel in the ribs.

From Voces Populi by Anstey, F.