gingerbread
Example Sentences
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"The festival doesn't mean a lot to me... But I always like the sight of gingerbread houses," she says.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
But in the meantime, seasonal enthusiasm for the house could be satisfied by a gingerbread facsimile thereof that was open to the public in Hollywood.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
And each year, when the twinkling holiday lights fade to a hazy glow and the gingerbread is nothing more than crumbs, I thank copyright law for giving me my favorite Christmas tradition: Ebony Scrooge.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
“After packing gingerbread, dog cookies, and hot cocoa, off we went.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Miss Lilian was the snake in the garden, the witch in the gingerbread house, someone to fear even though she was dead.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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