forkful
noun
the amount a fork can hold.
forkfuls
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pluralof forkful.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 beet salad with roast chickpeas and coriander yogurt is all about big forkfuls of vegetables.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Then, between forkfuls, tell me why we shouldn’t bring them back.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2019
Clara helped her blow her nose and between sobs fed her forkfuls of pastry and sips of tea.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
