icing

Example Sentences

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The cup, however, is mere icing on the cake.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Your Social Security is the icing on the proverbial retirement cake.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

"But if all our instruments are powered up, and we can do important testing and calibration of the science instruments, that would be the icing on the cake."

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

But the game turned on what the Ducks thought was a missed icing call just ahead of Barbashev’s goal, which came 65 seconds after Granlund tied the score.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

You can imagine what it’s like trying to scrape marshmallow icing out of a gunked-up, clogged-up Finkle machine.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman