cupcake

Example Sentences

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The movie is called “Yes” but it’s not the kind of yes that comes after someone offers you another cupcake.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The sensory mismatch — a coconut-flavored “potato” — is a little kid’s dream, like the Jelly Belly “Bean Boozled” pack or a cupcake that looks like a hamburger.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

The council has since crammed its operation into an old cupcake shop, and continues to run on a mix of state and federal funding and private donations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

She’s a walking cupcake — in this genre, a disposable-seeming treat — yet the way Madelyn Cline plays her is fabulous.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

Everyone is gathered around Stephanie, who’s wearing a Sweet Stephanie’s apron with a grinning pink cupcake on the front.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan