Verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
Source: WordNetNever give us what we really want. Cut the dream into pieces and scatter them like ashes. Dole out the empty promises. Package our aspirations and sell them to us, cheaply made enough to fall apart. Scott Westerfeld
Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love. Christie Brinkley
Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from all over the world. Greg Iles
Aside from being bad sportsmanship - Romney basically said Obama won by cheating - he was displaying the same obtuseness about the wants and needs of ordinary people that did more to torpedo his campaign than any goodies Obama might have had to dole out. John Podhoretz
Life can very genuinely and realistically pile things on. It doesn't dole out the heartache and pain, or joy, perfectly. Tig Notaro
administer critical remarks to everyone present Source: Internet