desserts

Example Sentences

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When they went out to eat, for instance, she recalls ordering appetizers, main courses and desserts, racking up expensive bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Under the new rules, sweetened desserts will be limited to once a week, and more fruit, vegetables and wholegrains will need to be added to school dinner menus.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

There are also five different hot sauces for crew members to choose from and six desserts to satisfy their sweet tooth: pudding, cookies, chocolate, cake, candy-coated almonds and cobbler.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

The wives of some of his clients—including actors who needed to get ripped for roles as superheroes—had tried to sabotage them by baking desserts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

He opens the menu to the list of desserts, and I think about my new name but can’t make any sense out of it.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George