birthday

Example Sentences

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Even setting aside Max’s typically snide reaction to Becky’s attire—“You look like . . . a birthday cake”—this pair seems spectacularly mismatched.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Whitney isn’t such a die-hard fan anymore, but bought birthday tickets for her brother, who still connects with the art, if not the artist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

An 80-year-old man celebrated his birthday by commissioning a 6,000-pound carrot cake.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Some of his earlier memories are of dancing at family birthday parties or big public carnival events where the country’s top orchestras would play.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

She had to fry enough bread so that up to fifty people could have at least two pieces of frybread that evening at E’s surprise birthday party.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith