How to Use cutlery in a Sentence

cutlery

noun
  • With mini-apps there’s no need for cutlery or even plates.
    Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2018
  • For each meal, her mother set out a pair of chopsticks and also cutlery.
    Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 6 June 2018
  • Europe is proposing a ban on plastic cutlery, straws and more.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 29 May 2018
  • Instead, eateries will have to give customers compostable straws and cutlery.
    Glenn Fleishman, Fortune, 20 June 2018
  • Among the items Santos claimed: curtains and cutlery, blankets and clothes, a pair of pink roller skates and a blond doll for one of the grandchildren.
    Jill Langlois, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
  • Simplify by stashing away some tree-free paper plates, disposable cutlery and party cups for your next can't-do-it-all-tonight night.
    Kroger, The Courier-Journal, 18 June 2018
  • Four students in doctor-like white gowns, masks and caps serve lunch into reusable porcelain dishes and hand out stainless steel cutlery.
    Jenni Marsh, CNN, 7 June 2018
  • There’s no better time to finally upgrade your kitchen appliances, cookware, cutlery, and bedding while prices are as low as $5.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The ban would take in plastic straws, plates, cutlery, cotton buds, drink stirrers and sticks for balloons—as well as single-use drinks containers, unless their caps and lids remain attached.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 28 May 2018
  • The European Commission last week proposed a ban on single-use plastic items such as straws, plates and cutlery in an effort to clean up its beaches.
    Nancy Trejos, USA TODAY, 31 May 2018
  • Offerings include home-baked goodies, attic treasures, household items, books, plants, room dividers, Rada cutlery and more.
    Courant Community, 19 June 2018
  • Ikea’s decision comes shortly after the European Union announced last week its plan to ban single-use plastic items such as drink stirrers, cutlery and straws.
    Abigail Abrams, Fortune, 7 June 2018
  • The kitchens are equipped with two-burner cooktops, full-sized or minirefrigerators, and plenty of cabinet space, as well as coffee makers, plates, cutlery, and drinking glasses.
    Katheleen Conti, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2018
  • The student confronted one of his teachers at the Bolton school Thursday while in the life skills class, in which cutlery, including the steak knife, was available Thursday.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • This means Ikea will be phasing out products like disposable plastic straws, plates and garbage bags, and that customers will soon need to eat the company’s famous meatballs without plastic cutlery or plates.
    Abigail Abrams, Fortune, 7 June 2018
  • The cutlery is rose gold, pure rose gold and it’s brilliant.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • There’s even room for your cutlery in the China savers.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 14 June 2021
  • There's arguably no greater advance in the world of cutlery than the spork.
    Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 22 June 2022
  • But this isn’t the first time cutlery has gone couture.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • There was a line of goods for the home including cutlery and chairs.
    Suryatapa Bhattacharya, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The table is set, the cutlery is laid out, but not all the guests are secure in their place on the food chain.
    Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Again, the first piece of cutlery used should be placed on the farthest outside.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Everything from the plates and cups to the cutlery and bags is biodegradable.
    Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2019
  • The tiered design has both a basket for your dish soap and sponges and one for cutlery.
    Popular Science, 8 June 2020
  • This is the set for foodies and home chefs whose cutlery needs to not only play the part but look the part as well.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 16 May 2022
  • In one corner is her Padova cutlery set, pinned to the wall.
    Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The plant manager said he was fed up and promised to take away cutlery from the break room if the thefts did not stop.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 July 2024
  • Forks and spoons should be placed handle down in the cutlery holder.
    Emma Soren, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Or does the diner use cutlery to slide the chicken off the skewer and proceed with a knife and fork?
    Judith Martin, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
  • That sets the table, complete with sharp cutlery, for a bit of cat and mouse as the film jumps from present to past and fills in what happened that awful and deadly night.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024

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