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

In the last 18 minutes, the visitors scored three unanswered tries - all converted - to turn a cakewalk into a struggle for the Scots, whose edge blunted incredibly in the second half.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

With that sentence over my head, I’m not gonna say that it was a cakewalk, because it wasn’t.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2024

A cheer rises up, and then, over the phonograph, the steady thrum of a cakewalk.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse