bowlful
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Serve them by the bowlful with cold drinks, or scatter them over tomato soup, chili, Caesar salad or roasted vegetables.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
"When I was a kid I used to eat champ by the bowlful, so trying to tie in a little bit of my upbringing there," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
The bowlful of pale-gold rice, glistening promisingly, that comes with each set represents a superlative version of the form, which gets cooked in chicken broth enriched with chicken fat.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
After waking before dawn on Catalina Island beneath a vast bowlful of stars, 100 elite athletes prepared to cross the open ocean to Manhattan Beach using only their arms for power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
Spoon by spoon, bowlful by bowlful, over the next months, Serafina hovering close, I sip a soup of pumpkin flowers.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
To serve, cook 200g mixed berries with 20g sugar and pour over bowlfuls of the ice-cream, garnishing with fresh lemon thyme and a drizzle of olive oil.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2019
Berger suggests the twins gather photos of Beverly – and they go ahead and make a sort of homemade shrine and eat bowlfuls of raspberries alongside it.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2016
Like a wolf, I gorged—ate nineteen paper bowlfuls of chili.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
About ten more bowlfuls are needed, but these are poured by Mrs. Agelan without further ceremony.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix
Water in abundance was given us without payment, and they sold us fish dried in the sun, and some bowlfuls of sour milk, all at a reasonable price.
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