ladle
noun
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
were ladling
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past progressiveof ladle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the town of Staryi Saltiv, women were ladling out soup into containers for a line of townspeople as other volunteers ran a generator for people to charge their cellphones.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
Standing near the church where supporters of my mom were ladling out dinner, we shot a low-tech political ad.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2020
Inside, the cooks were ladling out beef-and-barley stew, thick with carrots and onions, served in trenchers hollowed from loaves of yesterday’s bread.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
It was Heru herself, and the rogues were ladling her on board like so much sandal-wood or cotton sheeting.
From Gulliver of Mars by Edwin Lester Linden Arnold
Or, if the branch be too stout, he can plunge a spoon into the mass; and deposit where he will the living spoonfuls, as though he were ladling out corn.
From The Life of the Bee by Alfred Sutro
