SPOON in a Sentence

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For SPOON, below is one of 84 sentences:
The count took out a small quantity of this with a gilt spoon, and offered it to Morrel, fixing a long steadfast glance upon him.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPOON
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
spoon
 n.  a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle
Classic Sentence: (73 in 5 pages)
1  In the morning we went out to the woodpile and chopped up the brass candlestick into handy sizes, and Tom put them and the pewter spoon in his pocket.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI.
2  Ther's a spoon gone; and that ain't all.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII.
3  She kept a-raging right along, running her insurrection all by herself, and everybody else mighty meek and quiet; and at last Uncle Silas, looking kind of foolish, fishes up that spoon out of his pocket.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII.
4  Tom was a good deal bothered about what to do for a spoon, but he said we'd got to have it; so he took a think.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII.
5  So we had the odd spoon, and dropped it in her apron-pocket whilst she was a-giving us our sailing orders, and Jim got it all right, along with her shingle nail, before noon.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII.
6  The jailer was accustomed to pour the contents of the saucepan into Dantes' plate, and Dantes, after eating his soup with a wooden spoon, washed the plate, which thus served for every day.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
7  They fetch a doctor, who opens the dead body, and collects from the entrails and stomach a quantity of arsenic in a spoon.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 52. Toxicology.
8  The count took out a small quantity of this with a gilt spoon, and offered it to Morrel, fixing a long steadfast glance upon him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
9  "I thank you from the depths of my heart," said the young man, taking the spoon from the hands of Monte Cristo.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
10  The count took another spoon, and again dipped it into the golden box.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
11  "Why, this article," I said, pointing at it with my egg spoon as I sat down to my breakfast.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
12  "It appears," said old Bartholomew, laying down his spoon, "that I am a thief."
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
13  The sound of horses' hooves, energetically represented by Albert the idiot with a wooden spoon on a tray, died away.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
14  I see traces of the turtle soup, and venison, and gold spoon in this.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI
15  That object is, to be fed on turtle soup and venison with a gold spoon.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  She feeds the baby with a spoon.
2  Remember that this is caustic; use gloves or a spoon.
3  He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
4  He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon.
5  There was a serving spoon missing when Nina put the silverware back in its box.
6  A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.
7  He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon.
8  Remove the wafers with a spoon and transfer them to a plate.
9  When scum is thick and compact, remove with a slotted spoon.
10  When the pie was all finished, the Owl, as a boon, Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon.
11  The tea was ladled out from the cans with a long tin spoon and poured into the earthenware mugs.