How to Use basketful in a Sentence

basketful

noun

• The drinks pair well with the duros, puffed wheat snacks that come served with Valentina hot sauce and lime by the basketful.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2018
• Despite a basketful of injuries, the Hawkeyes kept winning and finished the regular season 12-0.
  — Scott Dochterman, ajc, 28 Sep. 2017
• Cheesy, herby, garlicky and just a little spicy -- and better for you than eating an entire pizza or a basketful of breadsticks for dinner.
  — Casey Barber, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
• A few more foolishly simple tips All kidding aside, our Easter experts had a basketful of advice.
  — Anne Schamberg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2018
• Created one basketful of earth at a time, using pointed sticks and clamshell hoes, the mounds at the golf course are part of the broader Newark Earthworks and widely embraced as an astronomical and geometric marvel.
  — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2021
• With no limit, families can get a basketful without breaking the holiday budget.
  — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 14 Apr. 2017
• And yet, Watergate has overshadowed this waste-basketful of transgressions.
  — Zachary Jonathan Jacobson, New Republic, 16 May 2017
• But while supportive lawmakers note the latest borrowing is backed by the basketful of new and higher taxes and fees, others argue that spending is spending and taxpayers pay either way.
  — Ray Long, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2019
• Facebook page shows a basketful of hand sanitizer bottles for guests beside a container holding disposable white masks.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2020
• The self-taught, self-reliant chef of Puerto Rican descent has already harvested basketfuls of other produce—shiny heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, chiles—today.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018

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