cream of the crop
Example Sentences
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Cooking competition shows are my cream of the crop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
“When you play the cream of the crop in this league, you can’t have off nights,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
"Each year pubs start from a clean slate... which means we're really looking at the cream of the crop each time."
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2022
He decided to go to CVP Physicians in Cincinnati, calling it "the cream of the crop locally for having eye surgery" as they do "100 a day."
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2022
To me, these patient, hard workers are the cream of the crop.
From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by George S. Harney
