How to Use cookie in a Sentence

cookie

noun
  • She put a batch of cookies into the oven.
  • You are one smart cookie.
  • This recipe makes about two dozen cookies.
  • Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie.
  • The cheese pull, the fork breaking through the crust and the snap of a crisp cookie.
    Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • En route, guests will get the chance to snack on hot chocolate and cookies.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The designs in the mold make your cookies look like artful tiles.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Sprinkle three lines of crushed cookies across the top of the cake to create the pumpkin patch rows.
    Beth Branch, Country Living, 27 July 2023
  • The locals want a bite out of Messi, just not in cookie form.
    The Enquirer, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Both work in concert to break the cookies, which means the cookies have to be soft enough to fall apart.
    Sopan Deb, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The bakery sells cookies, cupcakes, dessert bars and cakes to go.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
  • That means this machine can mix up to nine dozen cookies at once.
    Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Jenner twists the top cookie from the rest of the Oreo and looks inside as if reading a fortune.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • His hand was stuck in the cookie jar when the [abuse] stuff about the precious sisters [Jill and Jessa] came out.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
  • The state is commandeering more of the economy to add to its cookie jar to fund the war.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Each cookie is luscious, soft and at least half an inch thick.
    Olivia Gyapong, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The result is a soft, powdery flour that bakes up tender and fluffy in all kinds of cakes and cookies.
    Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The chain did not say when the foot-long cookie would be available at all locations.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Theo’s attention went to a rickety card table, which held juice and cookies for the end of class.
    Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Advertisement As one of the last steps, the dough is topped with the popular sweet cookie.
    Daniela Cintron, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • For the boss who’s always bringing in cookies Is baking their thing?
    Sarah Grossbart, wsj.com, 25 Oct. 2023
  • People in RVs out there stepped out and shared their cookies and hot toddies and soup and whatnot.
    Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Overall, commenters seemed united on the idea that cookies would be a poor choice for a dessert at a wedding.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The bread treats, filled with a delicate chocolate custard, have pointy ears and cookie bits for the eyes and stomach.
    Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • There is much debate about whether the outer cookie or the inner filling is best.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The cookies are stamped with windows to help guide your icing—which comes in orange, black, and purple.
    Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Granola bars, nuts, chips, crackers, cookies, and the like all apply.
    Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
  • Fill it with homemade candy or cookies for the sweetest food gift.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The cookies and breads are baked by local bakers, and the salad dressings and sauces are prepared in this area, too.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 July 2023
  • The chocolate milk stout tastes like Girl Scout cookies' Thin Mint cookies crushed into a beer.
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024

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