forkful
Americannoun
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forkfuls
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The result is a crumb that is delicate, every forkful a moist, subtlety sweet bite.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 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
After Ugwu served the food, he stood by the kitchen door, watching as Master took a first forkful of rice and stew, took another, and then called out, “Excellent, my good man.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
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
They passed the dining hall, where teammates lifted forkfuls of eggs and kale hash browns.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2019
It shouldn’t have surprised me that peculiar children have peculiar eating habits, but between forkfuls of food I found myself sneaking glances around the room.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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