Examples of cottage pie in a Sentence
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While there are six varieties of cottage pie listed on the menu, only two are available each night.
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
Wills and Harry loved cottage pie, pizza, chicken nuggets, french fries, potato wedges, macaroni cheese.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 11 June 2025
Featured Recipe View Recipe → For dinner that night, how about cottage pie?
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
When the dish is made with ground beef, it's called cottage pie.
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
The menu, dreamed up by chef Michael Alfeld, features continental and coastal dishes like Cajun chicken, cottage pie, lobster ginger halibut, and stuffed Atlantic cod with white wine butter.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Popular plates include Scotch eggs, smoked salmon, cordon bleu fritters, fish and chips, and cottage pie.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2024
Traditional shepherd’s pie is made with ground lamb, thus the name, and classic cottage pie is made with ground beef.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
Wills and Harry loved cottage pie, pizza, chicken nuggets, french fries, potato wedges, macaroni cheese.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 11 June 2025
Featured Recipe View Recipe → For dinner that night, how about cottage pie?
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
When the dish is made with ground beef, it's called cottage pie.
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
The menu, dreamed up by chef Michael Alfeld, features continental and coastal dishes like Cajun chicken, cottage pie, lobster ginger halibut, and stuffed Atlantic cod with white wine butter.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Popular plates include Scotch eggs, smoked salmon, cordon bleu fritters, fish and chips, and cottage pie.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2024
Traditional shepherd’s pie is made with ground lamb, thus the name, and classic cottage pie is made with ground beef.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
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“Cottage pie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cottage%20pie. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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