Example Sentences

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She remembered trailing behind her grandmother cutting roses in her garden, lugging bucketfuls of flowers and inhaling the sweetness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

“My hope is you will resist those bucketfuls of money,” Blumenthal told the Tour witnesses.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2023

They are absolutely delicious and we have bucketfuls of them every year.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2022

“Sweeney” is usually gruesome, and bucketfuls of artificial gore were thrown around the stage at Glimmerglass on Friday, but this production felt bloodless.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2016

Waves broke over the bows, where bucketfuls of water streamed through the flimsy decking.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong