ladle
noun
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
had ladled
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past perfectof ladle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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His mother had buttoned up the linen satchel with his two slices of bread-and-butter and had ladled out his porridge.
From The Path of Life by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
When the farmer had ladled the beer into the mugs, the family knelt down round the bushel.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
She had ladled out the last spoonful of mush, and the pot was being scraped inside earnestly by Nine, Eight, Seven, and Six.
From Old Man Savarin and Other Stories by Edward William Thomson
Meanwhile Diana, with one arm clasped protectingly round Orion's waist, was partaking of the soup which old Mother Bridget had ladled into a little bowl.
From A Little Mother to the Others by L. T. Meade
