cream puff
Example Sentences
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The final scene, in which Titus enters dressed as a chef, a cream puff of a toque jauntily placed on his head—he’s baked those unpalatable pies—retains its deranged tone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
"It's the kind of flavor of pistachio you might find in a pistachio cream puff," Ramirez said.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2023
Their cream puff schedule generated absolutely no preseason buzz.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2022
“All my life I’m this cream puff, and next thing I know everyone sees me as some kind of gangster,” he told The New York Times for a 2017 article.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021
Liyana licked custard from a cream puff and stared at their familiar, rumpled neighbors in their summer clothes.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
