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scooped up

vb. (en-past of: scoop up)

Usage examples of "scooped up".

As she scooped up a bowlful and dumped it beside the wood, she noticed that it held its shape when she lifted the bowl away.

He carried a worn leather satchel in one meat-slab hand, and with the other he scooped up pieces of paper, maybe index cards, from a shoe box on an old writing desk, depositing them in the bag.

By the time I was well enough to leave the hospital ward, I'd been scooped up in the system.

Thinking it was a game now that they were friends, Henry scooped up his rope and pranced behind Jack.

She clambered down into a shallow gully and scooped up muddy water.

She scooped up the cleaned silk and transferred it to a small woven sket, small fragments scattering across the counter as she did so.

Fiona scooped up the empty egg cup, eyes fixed on the discarded fragments of shell.

The Indians allowed him to share the food-a sort of stew, which they scooped up with their hands in spite of its nearboiling temperature-but were otherwise indifferent to him.

He reached over, scooped up a forkful of eggs from her plate and held them to her lips.

To relieve some tension, Nash scooped up a voodoo doll and jammed a pin through its heart.

She darted across the room and scooped up their daughter, bringing her back to him.