cake
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
So I came home eager to remind everyone that we have something special in California, and that we should all be lighting candles on the cake celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Coastal Act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The courses begin with three savory bites before transitioning into full-fledged desserts, including a deconstructed version of her signature multilayered mousse cake, with flavors of brown rice and pecan praline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Prepare the pan: Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
At first, when their boat of some 60 passengers landed in April after 15 hours on the water, they were taken to a reception centre and given cake and orange juice.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Mr. Kan was making his way toward me now, full of cake and compliments.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
With funnel cakes in the shape of her beloved butterfly and fashion exhibits with eye-popping heels and wigs, Dolly Parton’s theme park has history, entertainment, reverence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
When the cooking resumes, several salmon cakes have already been shaped and set aside.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Besides water, much needed for the hours spent sweating in the swelter, his firetruck is chock-a-chocolate block with gifts of cakes, fruit compotes and other kind offerings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Selling like hot cakes — Taylor Swift’s wedding trash.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Aunt Chipo squeezed the honey out of the combs and boiled it with millet meal to make delicious cakes.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Footage of the five men shot on Wednesday showed them miserable and caked in mud, telling rescuers they were suffering chest pains and starving hungry.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
A frame outside the auditorium door displays five photos of the Mayer’s dilapidated conditions in the ’90s, with the theater caked in rust and mold, a shell of the version I’m standing in now.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
Over the weekend, Santa Barbara County’s roads were caked with mud and trees were uprooted amid heavy rain, but no major injuries were reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
A fisherman dived down in the water and brought up a clump of vegetation caked in dark slime.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
They were caked in manure, and I was sure Grandma wouldn’t let them into her car.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
The rain and fish goo caking my shoes has already begun to harden.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 17, 2023
The rain had stopped on Sunday and rescue teams and local volunteers were trying to pump out buildings and sweep away mud caking the streets before it could set hard under the sun.
From Reuters ● May 21, 2023
It’s figurative, embedded in the characters and the storyline, but also literal, with dirt and rot caking everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
A man named Gajendra Singh Quiriyal — the village’s grand pradhan, or leader — fell to the ground and convulsed on the fire’s edge, caking himself with ashes and embers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
“The mud dried fast, caking up before Roald could pull it off. It was heavy like cement.”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Vocabulary lists containing cake
