forkful
Americannoun
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forkfuls
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A forkful should reveal layers — firmness, silk, softness — not one uniform paste.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
“I love eating,” she says, taking a forkful of her miso salmon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
These tiny worms twist together by the thousands to form tightly packed blobs reminiscent of a forkful of squirming spaghetti.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2023
Some even say that a well-made pasta dish, where the noodles and sauce have become one, isn’t going to splatter around the table and onto your shirt as you pick up a forkful.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Penelope merely smiled and shoved a forkful of cake into her mouth.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
This Cancer season, allow yourself to plunge into deep, heaping forkfuls of the comfort your heart yearns for — treating yourself like a delicate alloy of light and spirit will make you strong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2024
Using the technology, people with paralysis or other disabilities have lifted a cinnamon latte with a robotic arm in 2011, typed letters quoting Shakespeare in 2012 and lifted forkfuls of mashed potatoes in 2016.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
This salad is all about big forkfuls of vegetables; the plump chickpeas, which are suffused with warm coriander and bright orange zest, lend a delightful crunch.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
It tastes like Thanksgivings home from college in the Chicago suburbs, and the mornings after, when we'd steal a few forkfuls for breakfast with coffee.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2021
Luke’s dad harrumphed, and paused in the midst of shoveling forkfuls of boiled potatoes into his mouth.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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