Example Sentences

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The piece looked old amongst the clutter of measuring cups, candles and other tchotchkes.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Weighing your ingredients is more accurate and less error-prone than using measuring cups, so there’s less chance your cakes will be dry or your cookies leaden.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2022

I’d prepared for the storm by filling up the bathtub, buckets, bowls, measuring cups, and large vases with water.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2022

Isabella Whitfield furnishes a wooden frame with measuring cups and spoons made of pink and ivory paper where their real-life versions would be glass or metal.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

When we go in for dinner, it looks like a tornado hit the place: dirty bowls and measuring cups are piled in the sink, and flour is all over the counter.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm