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There remained only a few cupfuls of water for each man.

He went over to the big glass cooler and drew a paper cupful of water.

Soon everyone filed past her accepting the first of many cupfuls for the evening.

Well, maybe not an unpleasant argument, for there seemed to be cupfuls of water thrown about.

Kris took two slow cupfuls of water before she started back to the crates.

He poured out tiny cupfuls of thick cold fruit syrup.

He poured cupfuls of dirt to the side and his hole deepened.

As they sat in the living room drinking it, Chet gulped down three cupfuls.

And in between knocking back cupfuls of the wine, he ate voraciously.

She poured cupfuls of water over her hair, her face, her body.

"On Earth you can drink all the water you want and leave the tap on between cupfuls.

Last Sunday, he scowled when he had to put down his chips and soda to swallow cupfuls of medicine.

Enjoy rainbow-colored scoops with delicate cupfuls of gourmet imported Illy coffee.

As the machine dispensed two fizzing cupfuls of club soda, he realized that this was probably exactly what she was going to do.

Drink four or five cupfuls, then pee about fifteen minutes or three songs later, then drink more.

The crystal of the cup let the color of the wine show through, making it sparkle and flow as though we held cupfuls of moonlight.

All was going beautifully, but before I'd drawn a cupful who should catch me but that little spy Reep.

Another expert thought the damned would be nourished with green bread, washed down with a mere egg cupful of stinking water.

Groups of robed women went from plant to plant as if in a religious ceremony, adding cupfuls of water so the plants could thrive.

"Here is water," he said, handing round cupfuls of clear, sparkling water in vessels he had made of large leaves, folded.

Much less successful, four skewers of shrimp and dry swordfish came with about two cupfuls of peanut dipping sauce, perhaps to moisten the fish.

During the ceremony rice is often used as a good luck symbol, with the bride and groom sprinkling each other with cupfuls of rice.

The cake also contains cupfuls of chopped dried fruits - currants, dates and raisins - that have soaked in the rum and wine for weeks.

When the cooking is done, the nannies join Mrs. Failla around her dining table, consuming cupfuls of each soup.

He has stumbled across stacks of newspapers, crumpled underwear, cupfuls of keys and (once) a shrunken head dangling from a string in the bedroom.