doughnut

Example Sentences

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A "chocolate doughnut Easter egg" triggers curiosity - a shell blended with shortbread and fudge pieces, topped with sprinkles.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

No matter how much you reshape a ball, you cannot turn it into a doughnut without cutting or tearing it.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Then powered by a glazed doughnut and extra-large energy drink, he zips around driveways in northern New Jersey and nearby New York, ringing doorbells, photographing doorsteps and hauling away the physical aftermath of holiday optimism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Twenty years he’s at that doughnut shop, every night at 8 p.m., he makes doughnut, preparing for the day.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

When you cut into a normal spleen with a scalpel, it gives about as much resistance to the knife as a jelly doughnut, and it drips a lot of blood.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston