cakewalk
Example Sentences
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Nonetheless, the U.S. insisted leading up to Thursday that the rematch wouldn’t be a cakewalk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Ireland were hanging on by their fingernails, before a second-half rally threatened to turn a cakewalk into a contest.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
In the last 18 minutes, the visitors scored three unanswered tries - all converted - to turn a cakewalk into a struggle for the Scots, whose edge blunted incredibly in the second half.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
With that sentence over my head, I’m not gonna say that it was a cakewalk, because it wasn’t.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2024
A cheer rises up, and then, over the phonograph, the steady thrum of a cakewalk.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
