cake

Example Sentences

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Colleton’s 1820 Greek Revival courthouse is elegant like a wedding cake.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Michael Lowry got a consolation score, but Montpellier were left to celebrate as they lifted the Challenge Cup for a third time as Arthur Vincent put icing on the cake.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

This last show, all I wanted was a giant piece of cake.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Like, for example, when he recently invited Letterman back to “The Late Show” for one last goodbye and recruited him to throw company furniture, watermelons and a three-tiered cake off the theater’s roof.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

We sat around the table and ate warm pear-and-pecan cake while I told Babci how we’d met.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman