Example Sentences

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From heaping bowls of mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce to platefuls of sliced turkey and stuffing, a hearty Thanksgiving feast is bound to leave behind extras.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022

There were probably 100 people there, most of them balancing plastic cups of pinot noir and platefuls of gouda and prosciutto and thick, artisanal crackers crammed with nuts or dried fruit.

From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2020

People used to stampede down the halls when it was cookie time and grab handfuls or platefuls instead of taking one.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2019

In his mind, X. says some strongly-worded things about girls as a concept, eats two platefuls of chubby little doughnuts, and succumbs to several hours of moral and physical melancholy.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 23, 2018

If my mother had been in the room, she would have told me these poor people were victims of future husbands and wives who had failed to eat platefuls of food.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan