How to Use spoonful in a Sentence

spoonful

noun

• Here’s the scoop on the sour creams worth eating by the spoonful and the ones to avoid.
  — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
• To see whether the beans are ready, take a spoonful and give your dish a taste test.
  — Mary Kearl, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
• Add a large spoonful of the meat mixture to center of the dough.
  — Michael R. Shea, Field & Stream, 25 Nov. 2019
• Sauce isn’t doled out by the spoonfuls, but by the cupfuls.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019
• Add a large spoonful of the nuoc cham and garnish with mint.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• Top with a dollop of crème fraiche and a spoonful of caviar.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 10 June 2021
• In the next video, Aire was given a little spoonful of the sweet treat.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 18 Feb. 2023
• Stuff dates: Then, fill each date with a spoonful of cheese, and pinch each date closed.
  — Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2024
• Cook three spoonfuls of the batter over low heat to form the pancakes.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 2 June 2023
• But those six spoonfuls of tofu at the start are pure bliss.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
• Serve with tortilla chips or just go ahead and eat it by the spoonful.
  — Alex Pastron, Bon Appétit, 26 July 2019
• The last spoonfuls of soup are always more complex than the first.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
• Seed + Mill’s is nutty, creamy, earthy—good enough to eat by the spoonful.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 10 Oct. 2024
• If too tart, add a spoonful of red-currant jam or a splash of Port.
  — Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2021
• Add a small spoonful of pancake batter to the hot plate.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022
• To test the consistency, take a small spoonful of jam and place it on the chilled plate.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2021
• Whisk the roux a spoonful at a time into the warm gravy until the gravy thickens.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• Just a tiny spoonful of the Momofuku Chili Crunch is chock full of heat.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 4 Aug. 2022
• Squeeze the juice from one lemon into a bowl, along with a spoonful of water.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 22 May 2024
• Top each with a spoonful of salsa and a few slices of pickled jalapeños.
  — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
• To serve, put a large ladle of stewed lentils in a low, wide soup bowl and place a large spoonful of rice next to it.
  — David Tanis, The Seattle Times, 7 Jan. 2019
• That saying about a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• Skim any foam from the top of your jam. Remove the plate from the freezer, add a spoonful of jam and let sit for 1 minute.
  — Leena Trivedi-Grenier, SFChronicle.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• And, of course, there’s the game, which mixes a spoonful of dopamine with the medicine of learning about data use.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2022
• Or, just eat it by itself—a spoonful is a tasty way to soothe a sore throat, cough, or cold.
  — Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 26 June 2024
• For Blue the dog, food tastes better when it's slowly fed to him in spoonfuls.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• Place a spoonful of cheese mixture in each dough square, and pinch corners to seal.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2023
• The new film repeats the prescription, with a spoonful of scares to help the sugar go down.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 1 May 2020
• The wasabi sharpens each spoonful with a nose-tingling freshness.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
• Chick-fil-A’s new pimento cheese is meant for dipping, spreading and eating by the spoonful.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024