SPOON in a Sentence
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84 example sentences for SPOON, such as:
1. She feeds the baby with a spoon.
2. He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon.
3. He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon.
4. He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
5. Remove the wafers with a spoon and transfer them to a plate.
2. He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon.
3. He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon.
4. He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
5. Remove the wafers with a spoon and transfer them to a plate.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SPOON
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spoon
n. formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
v. snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
Classic Sentence: (73 in 5 pages)
1 In the morning we went out to the woodpile and chopped up the brass candlestick into handy sizes, and Tom put them and the pewter spoon in his pocket.
2 Ther's a spoon gone; and that ain't all.
3 She kept a-raging right along, running her insurrection all by herself, and everybody else mighty meek and quiet; and at last Uncle Silas, looking kind of foolish, fishes up that spoon out of his pocket.
4 Tom was a good deal bothered about what to do for a spoon, but he said we'd got to have it; so he took a think.
5 So we had the odd spoon, and dropped it in her apron-pocket whilst she was a-giving us our sailing orders, and Jim got it all right, along with her shingle nail, before noon.
6 The jailer was accustomed to pour the contents of the saucepan into Dantes' plate, and Dantes, after eating his soup with a wooden spoon, washed the plate, which thus served for every day.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
Context Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
7 They fetch a doctor, who opens the dead body, and collects from the entrails and stomach a quantity of arsenic in a spoon.
8 The count took out a small quantity of this with a gilt spoon, and offered it to Morrel, fixing a long steadfast glance upon him.
9 "I thank you from the depths of my heart," said the young man, taking the spoon from the hands of Monte Cristo.
10 The count took another spoon, and again dipped it into the golden box.
11 "Why, this article," I said, pointing at it with my egg spoon as I sat down to my breakfast.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
12 "It appears," said old Bartholomew, laying down his spoon, "that I am a thief."
13 The sound of horses' hooves, energetically represented by Albert the idiot with a wooden spoon on a tray, died away.
14 I see traces of the turtle soup, and venison, and gold spoon in this.
15 That object is, to be fed on turtle soup and venison with a gold spoon.
Example Sentence:
1 She feeds the baby with a spoon.
2 Remember that this is caustic; use gloves or a spoon.
3 He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
4 He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon.
5 There was a serving spoon missing when Nina put the silverware back in its box.
6 A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.
7 He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon.
8 Remove the wafers with a spoon and transfer them to a plate.
9 When scum is thick and compact, remove with a slotted spoon.
10 When the pie was all finished, the Owl, as a boon, Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon.
11 The tea was ladled out from the cans with a long tin spoon and poured into the earthenware mugs.