UTENSIL in a Sentence

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The trader and Mr. Shelby were seated together in the dining room afore-named, at a table covered with papers and writing utensils.

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 Meanings and Examples of UTENSIL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
utensil
 n.  instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
Classic Sentence:
1  There was a semblance of order in the front of the store, where tall shelves rose into the gloom stacked with bright bolts of cloth, china, cooking utensils and notions.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
2  She was better acquainted with the utensils in the kitchen than with Vida Sherwin or Guy Pollock.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  All about them were other small fires surrounded by men with their little black utensils.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
4  The trader and Mr. Shelby were seated together in the dining room afore-named, at a table covered with papers and writing utensils.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  She passed with her candle into an inner room, where, among other utensils, were two large brown pans, containing together perhaps a hundredweight of liquid honey, the produce of the bees during the foregoing summer.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
6  Beside it lay some cooking utensils and a bucket half-full of water.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
7  "Those are the utensils of an edge-tool maker," thought Marius.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS' FIVE-FRANC PIECE
8  The apartment was provided with all necessary utensils.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER
9  Tents, lunch, and croquet utensils having been sent on beforehand, the party was soon embarked, and the two boats pushed off together, leaving Mr. Laurence waving his hat on the shore.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
10  Carts piled high with household utensils, chairs, and cupboards kept emerging from the gates of the yards and moving along the streets.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV
11  These utensils would be placed on the fire, and in ten or fifteen minutes breakfast would be ready.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII.
Example Sentence:
1  The best cooking utensil is the Dutch oven, the real ones that have legs and a rim around the lid to hold coals.
2  One speck of dirt on your utensils may contain enough germs to taint an entire batch of preserves.