pigs in a blanket

Example Sentences

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That surprised aides and wait staff, who brought out to the patio sliced steak, coconut shrimp, pigs in a blanket, fries and Trump-branded water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

There was a mountain lion stalking us, doing that back and forth walk, with its head and eyes staying fixed on us below like literal pigs in a blanket.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

"I had financial aid, which allotted me a budget for campus dining, but hell no. I was too much of an aspiring artist to eat warm lunch meat, unseasoned chicken, or pigs in a blanket."

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2023

Yes, pigs in a blanket, but also spanakopita, cheese puffs, mini quiches, crab cakes, bacon wrapped scallops, empanadas, dumplings, mini pizzas, jalapeno poppers and so on.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Avery helps herself to two pigs in a blanket and plops onto the edge of my bed, and I sit at my desk chair.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison