bun

Example Sentences

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During the Depression, he said, restaurateurs “really had to stretch food,” and smashing the meat made it fill out the bun.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

On it was a cartoon likeness of a smiling, winking chef with a face shaped like a hamburger bun and, in big red letters, the word “McDonald’s.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The teen is wearing black glasses and braided hair styled in a bun with blue highlights.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Hot cross bun, sausage, like a sausage cut up.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

Her hair was piled on top of her head in her usual messy bun, and she carried a full-size baguette tucked under her arm.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny