Example Sentences

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They had been hidden in haste by persons who had been spooning syrup, who had heard somebody else coming.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

Billy Pilgrim had a boiling case of heartburn, since he had been spooning malt syrup all day long at work.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut