Example Sentences

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We sloshed cupfuls from a field across from the school, brought it back to our little tables and carefully used a dropper to transfer the pond water to a microscope slide.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2020

Because, he explains, "with all our knowledge of chemistry we could not produce a meal from a few cupfuls of chalk and salt."

From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2019

The key is to think of herbs — particularly the tender ones — not as accents used in mere tablespoons but rather as star players tossed in by fistfuls and cupfuls.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2019

People waited patiently for nearly two hours for a shot at the chili bowls and the fried chicken sandwiches, the flat bean-filled tacos called "foldies" and the cupfuls of stewed collard greens.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2016

She takes a pan out of the cupboard and pours in the oil, several cupfuls, to be heated in the minutes before her guests are expected.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri