ladleful

How to use ladleful in a sentence

• The water started as a trickle, a ladleful of water gently poured over my chin, my lips.

  Little Brother | Cory Doctorow

• About three quarters after eleven, have your slice dried bread ready in a dish, and pour a ladleful of the broth upon it.

  The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened | Kenelm Digby

• He dipped a huge ladleful out of the pot, as if he were going to administer a dose on the spot.

  Blue Lights | R.M. Ballantyne

• All their drugs would have had no more effect than a ladleful of pea-soup.

  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 | Various

• Devout men, as they pass by, reverently pour a ladleful of water.

  The Historical Child | Oscar Chrisman