pancake

Example Sentences

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Even when a potato pancake failed to flip on camera and spilled onto the stove, she accepted the mistake with grace, endearing her to similarly mishap-prone home cooks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

"We squished it flat, like a pancake," Zhao said, "and suddenly we had a low-cost, high-performing design that was much easier to fabricate."

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

I get the same thing every time: the breakfast sandwich and a snickerdoodle pancake for the table.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Sometimes the pitch is flat as a pancake, other times it spits like a cobra.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

My teacher, flimsy pancake that she was, panicked and said okay.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi