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Example sentences for "spoonful"

Lexicographically close words:
spool; spools; spoon; spoonbills; spooney; spoonfull; spoonfulls; spoonfuls; spooning; spoons
  1. Peel 3 large potatoes and lay in salted water half an hour; then grate the potatoes; add pepper, salt, 3 eggs and a large spoonful of flour.

  2. Add a salt-spoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little milk, the yolks of 6 eggs and the whites beaten to a stiff froth and enough milk to make a thin batter.

  3. Put a large spoonful of butter in a saucepan; add a chopped onion; let brown.

  4. Heat two ounces of butter; add a dessert-spoonful of flour.

  5. Beat 3 yolks of eggs with 1 cup of milk, a Salt-spoonful of salt, 1 tablespoonful of olive-oil and 1 tablespoonful of sugar.

  6. Beat to a light thick batter and fry a spoonful at a time in boiling lard.

  7. By this time Irv deemed it safe to give each of his other patients another spoonful or two of the soup, and he even ventured to pour three more spoonfuls down the throat of the negro.

  8. As he explained, he fed the soup to the sufferers--a single spoonful to each.

  9. Irv had to turn him on his back and literally pour a spoonful of soup down his throat.

  10. A table-spoonful of mixed brandy and wine.

  11. A tea-spoonful of mixed spice, nutmeg, mace and cinnamon.

  12. A tea-spoonful of mace, cinnamon, and nutmeg, mixed.

  13. A half tea-spoonful of pearl-ash or salaeratus, dissolved in a little vinegar.

  14. Take five table-spoonfuls of ground rice and boil it in a quart of new milk, with a grated nutmeg or a tea-spoonful of powdered cinnamon, stirring it all the time.

  15. A table-spoonful of wine and brandy mixed.

  16. Footnote: If the pearl-ash is strong, half a tea-spoonful will be sufficient, or less even will do.

  17. Half an ounce of mace, / One table-spoonful of salt.

  18. A tea-spoonful of mace, beaten and sifted.

  19. A table-spoonful of mixed spice, nutmeg, mace and cinnamon.

  20. It will be much improved and keep longer, by putting into each bottle a tea-spoonful of pearl-ash.

  21. Flavour it with a tea-spoonful of rose-water or eight drops of essence of lemon, stirred in at the last.

  22. Its lightness will be much improved by a small tea-spoonful of pearl-ash dissolved in a tea-spoonful of vinegar, and stirred lightly in at the last.

  23. A large tea-spoonful of powdered mace and cinnamon.

  24. If the butter is very fresh, you may mix with the flour a salt-spoonful of salt.

  25. Helene assisted in raising the child's head, and the doctor succeeded in pouring a spoonful of the liquid between the clenched teeth.

  26. Jeanne was reflecting as she gazed gravely on her last spoonful of vermicelli; and at last her thoughts took shape in words: "Rosalie said you wouldn't come because of the wretched weather; but mamma said you would come.

  27. He wished to give Jeanne another spoonful of the medicine.

  28. You must send this to the chemist in the Rue de Passy, and every two hours you must drink a spoonful of the draught he will give you.

  29. She had fed each one of them, spoonful by spoonful, into his mouth; and also she had washed two thousand spoons and dishes, and brushed off two thousand tables, and swept two thousand floors.

  30. If 100 spoonfuls of jelly were given in the course of the day, you would have given one spoonful of gelatine, which spoonful has no nutritive power whatever.

  31. A spoonful of either shalot, parsley, or chervil will vary this dish.

  32. French; "pray give me another spoonful or two, if you have it to spare.

  33. Put these on a hot plate, with a tea-spoonful of lemon-juice and a pat of butter.

  34. Master Paul, I'm surprised at you," observed Nurse Freeman severely, taking the big spoonful away from him.

  35. He had scooped out such an enormous spoonful as to attract the notice of the whole party; and just as Snowy Peter raised his white staring eyes above the sill, Reggie called out, "Hullo!

  36. Put a spoonful on a hot, well-greased griddle.

  37. On the centers of one-half the pieces, place a spoonful of grape jelly.

  38. If you scream, Master Dunlop, your mother'll call you in and she'll make you take a spoonful of that bitter stuff.

  39. Pa he paid her a bottle of beer to take a spoonful last night.

  40. Each of us had a crisp, tender head of lettuce with a spoonful of potato salad in the center.

  41. They would spend hours telling you about their different remedies and would offer you spoonful after spoonful of vile-looking liquid, and be mildly grieved when you refused to take it.

  42. Sometimes it will be found that two wafers can be dropped from the same spoonful before the material becomes too cold to pour, but usually it is necessary to dip a fresh spoonful for each wafer.

  43. Pour a spoonful of the mixture over each banana and then set the pan in the oven.

  44. A test that invariably proves successful consists in dipping up a spoonful of the juice and allowing it to run slowly from the spoon back into the pan.

  45. At this age, half of a soft-cooked egg or a spoonful or two of tender meat chopped very fine, may be given, and for each such addition 4 ounces of milk should be taken out of the day's feeding.

  46. A means very often resorted to consists in dipping a spoonful or two of the mixture out of the kettle and pouring it on the flat surface of a cold dish.

  47. To garnish this beverage, a slice of lemon and a spoonful of grated pineapple are generally used.

  48. If the cream is whipped and slightly sweetened, a spoonful or two will be sufficient to render the beverage delightful.

  49. Put in cocktail glasses or grapefruit shells, pour a spoonful or two of orange juice over each serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar, garnish with a cherry, and serve ice cold.

  50. In the performing of this test, a spoonful of the jelly is dipped from the pan and then poured from the spoon into the pan again.

  51. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a spoonful of grated pineapple added to each glass.

  52. In preparing the individual cakes, spread a spoonful or two of the crushed berries over the top, as Fig.

  53. He made the young man drink a spoonful every day, and it had the effect of making the language of birds intelligible to him.

  54. The rich one would not give the poor one even a spoonful of soup.

  55. A glass of hot water with half a spoonful of sugar in it is highly recommended as a light supper.

  56. The Lay of Brynhild is not much more diffuse than the ballad of Sivard in what relates to the slaying of the hero.

  57. He set the sword in the black earth, and the point was death in the King's son's heart.

  58. Rosamond's presence at that moment was perhaps no more than a spoonful brought to the lake, and her woman's instinct in this matter was not dull.

  59. To each cupful add one-half spoonful of salt and one-fourth as much pepper, the yolks of two raw eggs, a grate of nutmeg and one level teaspoonful of butter.

  60. Next melt an ounce of butter in a saucepan and stir into this a dessert spoonful of flour, a small quantity each of pepper, salt and cayenne, also a little nutmeg and half a teacupful of cream.

  61. Add two dessertspoonfuls of onions chopped fine, a dessertspoonful of whole pepper, one of allspice, one of cloves, and half a spoonful of cayenne pepper.

  62. And I was just going to try to make him take this spoonful I've poured out.

  63. Meanwhile, rub down smooth a large spoonful of rice-flour into a cup of cold milk, and mix with it four yolks of eggs well beaten.

  64. None offered to young ladies, it seems," taking a huge pinch, and thrusting it bravely up his nostrils, as one takes a spoonful of unpleasant medicine.

  65. Feed the birds about every hour, and after they are through eating give them about a tea-spoonful of fresh water, which you will have to pour down their throats.

  66. Every spoonful of sugar you save may cost you ten dollars.

  67. Napoleon as he emptied one heaping spoonful and then another into his coffee-cup.

  68. Milk and loaf sugar boiled, and a spoonful of fine flour, well mixed with a little cold water, poured in while the milk is boiling, is light food in cases of similar diseases.

  69. Sour beer, with a spoonful of pearlash, is good both for pancakes and fritters.

  70. A large spoonful of this, in a gill of boiling water, is very efficacious in cases of dysentery and colic.

  71. A tea-spoonful to each person, and one extra thrown in, is a good rule.

  72. Clams should boil about fifteen minutes in their own water; no other need be added, except a spoonful to keep the bottom shells from burning.

  73. Two tea-spoonfuls of salt; two great spoonfuls of sifted cinnamon; one great spoonful of ginger.

  74. If you have sour milk, or butter-milk, it is very nice for this kind of cake; the acidity corrected by a tea-spoonful of dissolved pearlash.

  75. A spoonful of rennet-water hastens the operation.

  76. A large table spoonful is enough for three pints of water.


  77. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "spoonful" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ace; atom; bit; dole; dot; dram; dribble; driblet; dwarf; farthing; fragment; grain; granule; groat; hair; handful; iota; jot; little; minim; minimum; minutiae; mite; modicum; molecule; morsel; mote; mouthful; nutshell; ounce; particle; pebble; pinch; pittance; point; scruple; speck; spot; tittle; whit