frosting

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The cake had a butterscotch frosting, which was brown and thus “weird.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Everything else is just frosting on the cake.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 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

Someone asked Perkins about the colors, how she got the frosting to look the way it did.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

Cousin Eunice had two kinds of cold cereal, cornflakes with sugar frosting, and a fruit cereal which said it had fifteen flavors in its different-colored little balls.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt