scone

Example Sentences

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Kill a dozen birds with one homemade scone, if you will.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Tattie scone - A type of flat savoury cake made with flour and mashed cooked potatoes.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

“I’m an aspiring novelist, and it made me feel like a book character,” Brown says while offering a visitor a scone in her cozy living room.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

Clark gets right to the heart of the matter from the jump, writing, “What do you call a scone crossed with a jam cake and a cinnamon roll?”

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2024

These and other interesting thoughts could easily have occupied her for another scone or two, yet Penelope shook them off, for she realized she had stopped paying attention altogether, and Mrs. Clarke was still talking.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood