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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 Meade, L. T.

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 Thomson, Edward William

When the farmer had ladled the beer into the mugs, the family knelt down round the bushel.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

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 Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander