Get to know Spooning better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Spooning in a sentence
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Spooning meaning
present participle and gerund of spoon
Using Spooning
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of spoon
- In the example corpus, spooning often appears in combinations such as: spooning the.
Context around Spooning
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spooning
- In this selection, "spooning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, minorities, awkwardly, bananas and off stand out and add context to how "spooning" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and started spooning a syrupy and ball by spooning a catch. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spooning" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spooning
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tokenism say the person that thinks minorities spooning off the government is a noble thing. (15 words)
Then Ali was deceived and ended up awkwardly spooning the delivery straight back to Harbhajan. (15 words)
When the newspapers came, they found him surrounded by syrup, spooning it onto his breakfast. (15 words)
Flight magic mimics spooning from the waist up but from the waist down, it's much less prying, as you're free to extend your legs rather than pressing them against your partner's. (34 words)
Shimron Hetmyer is the new batter and he nearly perishes first ball by spooning a catch just out of reach of Ben Duckett (no jokes, please) at short midwicket. (29 words)
The downside is that once we're spooning out the heart of the dish, the cheese sauce itself is rather bland and it can't compete with the surface. (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
Meghan Markle didn't seem perturbed: on the same day, she posted a picture on Instagram of two spooning bananas.
On Thomas’ birthday, her extended family in the United States and Israel began a tradition of spooning into Sanders sundaes in her honor (May 16, 2013).
Shimron Hetmyer is the new batter and he nearly perishes first ball by spooning a catch just out of reach of Ben Duckett (no jokes, please) at short midwicket.
An aroma of fish frying in peanut oil hangs over the restaurant’s entrance, near an open kitchen with young cooks grilling scallops and spooning she-crab soup.
Tokenism say the person that thinks minorities spooning off the government is a noble thing.
Spooning the long narrow plain on which the city is built, the Adelaide Hills have long been a popular getaway for residents.
Then Ali was deceived and ended up awkwardly spooning the delivery straight back to Harbhajan.
These two mumbly, bumbly comic geniuses share a hilarious history of playing off one another via longform improv and tender full-body spooning.
The very first thing she did on sitting down was take out a small glass bottle and started spooning a syrupy liquid into her mouth.
When the newspapers came, they found him surrounded by syrup, spooning it onto his breakfast.
Flight magic mimics spooning from the waist up but from the waist down, it's much less prying, as you're free to extend your legs rather than pressing them against your partner's.
The downside is that once we're spooning out the heart of the dish, the cheese sauce itself is rather bland and it can't compete with the surface.
Common combinations with spooning
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: