Example Sentences

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Senator Amy Klobuchar was hungry, forkless and losing patience.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2019

“No,” he said, cracking the knuckles of his forkless hand simply by making a fist and opening it.

From The New Yorker • May 30, 2016

But he did object to picnics; to the sudden departure of the family to wild surroundings for the consumption of cold, knifeless and forkless meals in the serious middle hours of the day.

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)