- present participle of frost.
frosting
Example Sentences
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Beyond serving customers at the counter, I also worked in the back, finishing donuts through tasks like jelly filling, frosting and powdering.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Everything else is just frosting on the cake.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026
“Big wasn’t a crush, he was a crash,” Carrie says to Miranda as she peels down the wrapper on a cupcake topped with bright pink buttercream frosting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026
Susan Prunty’s bakery in Medford, Ore., sold about 25 Christmas cookie decorating kits through the middle of last December, complete with a dozen freshly baked sugar cookies, buttercream frosting, and sprinkles.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
Toby scraped the edge of his fork along the plate, collecting some stray frosting.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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