cook for

Example Sentences

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“I was really nervous, because I was like, ‘Dang, I’m really fittin’ to cook for my man and his whole family,’” she admits in that post.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

Hisham Atar and his wife, Shahnaz, own farms and factories, a house in Lahore and a country estate, along with an apartment in London where—to their servants’ amazement—they cook for themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

While I still experiment with la grande cuisine, as Julia Child invited us to do every now and then, on those rare weekend occasions I cook for two or three, not 10 or more.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

The 14-member jury heard that Ms Patterson went through "quite a long process of trying to decide what to cook" for the lunch before choosing to make beef Wellington.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

“Today we have to cook for ten people.”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket