Example Sentences

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A seasonal salad and dollops of spiced yogurt round out plates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Oatmeal thrives on dairy and non-dairy alike: almond or oat milk, a spoonful of mascarpone, dollops of ricotta or labneh, tangy flavored yogurt, a little goat cheese.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

Other scientists praise the study’s innovative use of high-resolution imaging technology to turn dollops of dung into goldmines of information.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024

The thing that I love is they put these like little dollops of cheese on their pizzas that’s almost like frosting, so you can’t go wrong with any of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

Great tears poured from beneath his clenched lids and fell in steaming dollops to the ground.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill