How to Use cookie jar in a Sentence

cookie jar

noun

• Harden is a prodding, manipulative guard who wants defensive hands to get caught in the cookie jar.
  — Tony Jones, New York Times, 18 May 2026
• And Bona, a second-year reserve, got caught too many times reaching in the cookie jar while defending Towns.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
• From ceramic floral cookie jars to colorful depression glass plates, there's nothing like a vintage find to add character to the kitchen.
  — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
• Back on Earth, Curiosity’s human controllers first tried to just shake the rock loose, like a parent trying to free a child with their hand stuck in the cookie jar, but that didn’t work.
  — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 May 2026
• The sponsors of House Bill 1430 boldly admit that our transportation taxes have been hijacked to pay for education and health care, and that taking those funds out of the legislature’s cookie jar will create shortfalls.
  — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 May 2026