How to Use plateful in a Sentence

plateful

noun

• After each of the clams break open, the chef tops them with the creamy mustard sauce and hands them out by the plateful.
  — Fortune, 14 Sep. 2019
• And the cencioni’s meaty chew made the dish just as satisfying as a plateful of tteok.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2021
• Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure’s nose.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
• The brakes resist fade more stubbornly than a kid faced with eating a plateful of broccoli.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2021
• People were making varenyky, soft Ukrainian dumplings stuffed with cheese or sauerkraut, by the plateful.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
• There was a huge plateful of turkey-and-stuffing sandwiches.
  — Mick Herron, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2017
• There's no troublesome washing, chopping, and cooking of a plateful of healthy greens.
  — Christine Lennon, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 June 2012
• The holiday season is replete with platefuls of food, piles of gifts and swarms of travelers, all of which take a toll on the environment.
  — London Gibson, Indianapolis Star, 26 Dec. 2019
• Then, upon returning to the real world, there’s a plateful of Danish waiting to be eaten.
  — Kim Ode, The Seattle Times, 4 July 2017
• On those days, the house fills up with family and friends, all gathered around the table to eat a plateful of home cooking and enjoy each other’s company.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• On those days, the house fills up with family and friends, all gathered around the table to eat a plateful of home cooking and enjoy each other’s company.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2016
• Or the lower spoiler, the Hyundai a plateful of triangular quesadilla slices.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2022
• And Milwaukeeans should gravitate toward fish pakora ($9.99), a plateful of swai fillets, each the size of a few bites, coated in chickpea flour and fried golden brown.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
• Chaat houses are worthwhile endeavors, but nothing captures the feeling of chaat culture like eating a plateful of tangy bhel puri on a fold-out chair in the middle of a patch of asphalt.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2013
• The combination can top a plateful of crispy tortilla chips that have been generously sprinkled with shredded cheddar cheese and popped into the oven for quick melting.
  — Karen Kane, charlotteobserver, 9 May 2017
• This week’s lineup of entertainment options includes a plateful of funny ladies.
  — oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2022
• This generous plateful of barbecued rib-eye was satisfying but somehow lacked spark.
  — Mara Severin, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 June 2017
• But construction has moved slower than your uncle after eating his second plateful at Thanksgiving dinner.
  — Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, 11 June 2018

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024