icing

Example Sentences

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“The fact that we now have an American pope is the icing on the cake,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

It would have been the icing on the cake to win it, but it wasn't to be.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

But Alijah Arenas, the five-star freshman guard, was reduced to icing his knee on the sideline, his return delayed at least one more week.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

In neighbouring Hungary, where severe winter conditions have affected a large part of the country since last week, Budapest airport was shut down because of "black ice and extreme icing", the airport said.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

Our next-door neighbors’ names, the way the house smelled, what school was like, the holidays, the taste of icing on birthday cakes.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black