dollops

plural of dollop

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dollops Max out the cream cheese theme by adding swirls or dollops of rich and tangy Cream Cheese Frosting (below) tinted with gel or paste food coloring in your favorite festive holiday hues. Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025 Even poison ivy adds dollops of gold and red along the trail, but don’t touch. Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Try spooning dollops of high-quality marinara over the top before baking for extra depth. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025 The standard cheese on burgers is pimento, and a rice bowl on offer features expertly fried chicken livers dressed in dollops of rich gravy, caramelized onions, and scallions. Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025 The delight of it, the source of its generous dollops of camp melodrama, comes from its ability to convince you that maybe, just maybe, this will be the thing that finally overturns the apple cart. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollops
Noun
  • This recipe gets an extra bit of zip from chunks of pineapple.
    Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Venture capital performance may be measured in ten-year chunks, but only an elite club of firms can claim to have stayed consistent—let alone functional—for anywhere close to that timeframe.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hanging ornaments with care can be one of the highlights of the holiday season, but untangling wads of string lights is far less enjoyable.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Everyone gathered around to help flip the meat, stuffing wads of lettuce wraps into their cheeks and washing it down with soju.
    Irene Yoo September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • None of these plants needs any attention other than to divide them when their clumps become overly dense.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Keep drains clean and clear Fruit flies can breed in drains if there are clumps of food caught in your pipes.
    Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After spending lots of time resetting the social media company’s AI strategy—and gobs of money hiring the best technical talent imaginable—Meta is making even more changes.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The electric motors add 242 horsepower—and gobs of low-end torque.
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Dollops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollops. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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