pancake

Example Sentences

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Sweet breakfasts have never been my natural habitat—good oatmeal is a beloved, comparatively rare exception, as is a single yeasty, griddled buttermilk diner pancake swimming in syrup.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

"We squished it flat, like a pancake," Zhao said, "and suddenly we had a low-cost, high-performing design that was much easier to fabricate."

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

“The pancake was the size of the whole plate!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Sometimes the pitch is flat as a pancake, other times it spits like a cobra.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Shackleton ordered the sails raised and led the way through the loose pack and pancake ice again.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong