doughnut

Example Sentences

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"I didn't really know what a cake or a doughnut or a brownie was until I started having after-school parties in California," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

A ball has no hole, while a doughnut has one.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Krispy Kreme has signed a deal to sell its operations in Japan to private-equity firm Unison Capital for cash proceeds of about $65 million, which the doughnut maker will use to pare its debt load.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Twenty years he’s at that doughnut shop, every night at 8 p.m., he makes doughnut, preparing for the day.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

She’s eating a doughnut covered with powdered sugar; the sugar has come off on her nose.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood