Examples of cupcake in a Sentence
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Fill its trays with edible Halloween goodies (wrapped candies and cupcakes), candles, or gourds and pumpkins (real or fake).
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Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
As a million different versions of herself, Rodrigo sweetly bakes cupcakes as plates and knives are flung across the apartment, keys his car in her stride, and trashes car after car with only her mind.
—Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
Choose from a number of cupcakes, cakes, cookies and brownies all made with clean, dog-friendly ingredients, such as carob, apple sauce, peanut butter and sweet potato.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
Add chocolate chips, point sides in, to the sides of each cupcake for the bolts.
—Beth Branch, Country Living, 27 July 2023
Some of the menu items include rose blossom gourmet cupcakes, sea salt coconut oatmeal cookies and, of course, elaborate charcuterie boards.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2023
And with two cupcake opponents between now and Notre Dame, OSU’s quarterback question may linger longer than Day anticipated -- and certainly longer than fans would like.
—Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
Cotton and clothing designer Cynthia Rowley had also created a dress out of cupcake paper for a Barbie doll.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
Her entree was through pastries, launching straight from high school into working at bakeries and a cupcake shop in Houston.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
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Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
As a million different versions of herself, Rodrigo sweetly bakes cupcakes as plates and knives are flung across the apartment, keys his car in her stride, and trashes car after car with only her mind.
—Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
Choose from a number of cupcakes, cakes, cookies and brownies all made with clean, dog-friendly ingredients, such as carob, apple sauce, peanut butter and sweet potato.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
Add chocolate chips, point sides in, to the sides of each cupcake for the bolts.
—Beth Branch, Country Living, 27 July 2023
Some of the menu items include rose blossom gourmet cupcakes, sea salt coconut oatmeal cookies and, of course, elaborate charcuterie boards.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2023
And with two cupcake opponents between now and Notre Dame, OSU’s quarterback question may linger longer than Day anticipated -- and certainly longer than fans would like.
—Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
Cotton and clothing designer Cynthia Rowley had also created a dress out of cupcake paper for a Barbie doll.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
Her entree was through pastries, launching straight from high school into working at bakeries and a cupcake shop in Houston.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above
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cupcake
noun
cup·cake
ˈkəp-ˌkāk 
: a small cake baked in a cup-shaped mold
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