dessert
Example Sentences
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But that same density can tip the cake toward heaviness — toward something that eats more like dessert than companion.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
Fewer people are eating dessert and drinking like they used to.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
I worship the French dessert classic known as îles flottantes or “floating islands.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
As usual, dessert will be accompanied by thousands of golden chocolate statuettes, ensuring everyone can take an Oscar home.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
By the time Bertha brought out dessert, everybody was rubbing their stomachs and saying how they couldn’t possibly eat another bite, except, well, maybe just a little of that peach cobbler.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
Vocabulary lists containing dessert
Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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Voilà: Croissant Lingo
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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