Example Sentences

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The setting sun seemed to have ladled its syrupy light over the crusted snow, so that ordinary house parts and backyards in this fading moment seemed a spectacular raspberry dessert.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

The runnels at the sides of the footways were full of creams, which you might have ladled up with a spoon if you had chosen.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm