cakewalk

Example Sentences

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Nonetheless, the U.S. insisted leading up to Thursday that the rematch wouldn’t be a cakewalk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Ireland were hanging on by their fingernails, before a second-half rally threatened to turn a cakewalk into a contest.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

If this is to be a series to be remembered - rather than a forgettable cakewalk - then the Wallabies have to make it so.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

My goal is just to walk offstage after that monologue and feel like, OK, the rest of this show’s a cakewalk.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025

I admit I got more nervous the closer we got to Lockhart, but' Harry kept telling me it would be a cakewalk.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly