cream puff
noun
1
: a round shell of light pastry filled with whipped cream or a cream filling
2
: an ineffectual person
3
: something trifling, inconsiderable, or easily dealt with
4
: a usually used motor vehicle that is in especially good condition
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Examples of cream puff in a Sentence
We'll never win with a bunch of cream puffs on our team!
everyone thinks tonight's game will be a cream puff, and so it hasn't generated a lot of interest
Recent Examples on the Web
According to the Original Cream Puffs website, the cream puff has debuted different flavors such as strawberry cream, latte cream, cocoa cream, pumpkin spice cream and peppermint cream puff.
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Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
Winsome and delicate with an intense perfume, pistachio is popping up all over the place, adding its pale green charm to cream puffs and croissants, lattes and cocktails.
—Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
For dessert, enjoy authentic crepes, or my favorite, profiteroles, which are cream puffs with ice cream inside and chocolate sauce on top.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
Banana chocolate-chip muffins, lava cakes, chocolate-mousse cakes, lemon bars, even cream puffs (my specialty) were well within my wheelhouse.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
Dessert choices are crackle cream puffs, raspberry almond tart or chocolate and raspberry Mousseline with white chocolate gelato.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
Conwell whipped up cream puffs and pastry cream from Betty Crocker’s classic cookbook, worked as a buser and server at the local country club and eventually was recruited to make the famous cinnamon-and-cheese rolls that club members wolfed down.
—Kimberly Winter Stern, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
The two-hour classes, which can be booked almost every day, include a tasting and a box of cream puffs and recipes to take home.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
Sienna Miller looked like a cream puff from an expensive bakery in a Schiaparelli haute couture two-piece at Vogue World in London on Thursday, September 14.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2023
Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
Winsome and delicate with an intense perfume, pistachio is popping up all over the place, adding its pale green charm to cream puffs and croissants, lattes and cocktails.
—Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
For dessert, enjoy authentic crepes, or my favorite, profiteroles, which are cream puffs with ice cream inside and chocolate sauce on top.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
Banana chocolate-chip muffins, lava cakes, chocolate-mousse cakes, lemon bars, even cream puffs (my specialty) were well within my wheelhouse.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
Dessert choices are crackle cream puffs, raspberry almond tart or chocolate and raspberry Mousseline with white chocolate gelato.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
Conwell whipped up cream puffs and pastry cream from Betty Crocker’s classic cookbook, worked as a buser and server at the local country club and eventually was recruited to make the famous cinnamon-and-cheese rolls that club members wolfed down.
—Kimberly Winter Stern, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
The two-hour classes, which can be booked almost every day, include a tasting and a box of cream puffs and recipes to take home.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
Sienna Miller looked like a cream puff from an expensive bakery in a Schiaparelli haute couture two-piece at Vogue World in London on Thursday, September 14.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2023
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“Cream puff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cream%20puff. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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