cream puff

Example Sentences

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The final scene, in which Titus enters dressed as a chef, a cream puff of a toque jauntily placed on his head—he’s baked those unpalatable pies—retains its deranged tone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Their cream puff schedule generated absolutely no preseason buzz.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2022

And from there you can get a cream puff and then you just make enough cream puffs to glue them all together.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2022

Promise them a free lunch — or a cream puff — when you’re done.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Turtle did, but the dressmaker was a cream puff.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin