How to Use hotcake in a Sentence

hotcake

noun
  • In a point-and-click world, that was a seismic move. TRC Lab is selling like hotcakes.
    Martha McCully, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
  • This is why deet sprays and citronella candles sell like hotcakes in the summer.
    Christopher Michel, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2017
  • But the most addictive thing served might be on the breakfast menu: ricotta hotcakes.
    SI.com, 12 Feb. 2018
  • To be sure, Apple products have gotten bad reviews in the past, only to sell like hotcakes later.
    Mark Gurman, Bloomberg.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The breakfast will include hotcakes, sausage, fresh fruit and beverages.
    Laura Bednar, cleveland.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Doughnuts were selling like hotcakes with people coming from across the country.
    CBS News, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Nissan launched an electric version of the Leaf back in September, which Schillaci said is already selling like hotcakes.
    Dom Galeon, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The bakery and breakfast cafe, known for its luscious desserts and lemon-ricotta hotcakes, was owned by Jeff Littlefield and Wonyee Tom.
    Nancy Luna, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2017
  • The pair ended up making and photographing scores of hotcakes, and reflecting on how images can mislead.
    Daniel Stone, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • As a result, US homeowners and businesses are snapping them up like hotcakes.
    Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2017
  • The popular dish is selling like hotcakes, with the restaurant going through approximately 15 pounds of gnocchi dough per day.
    Laurie Delk, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 9 Oct. 2017
  • By that time, Travis' bacon burnt ends — those sumptuous pork belly chunks bearing brown sugar and black pepper flavors — were selling like hotcakes, and Heim Barbecue was soon in the big leagues.
    Dallas News, 1 July 2019
  • But what remains are the retro athletic vibes that are all over menswear right now, from the colorblocked windbreakers Vetements helped resuscitate to the side stripe track pants that brands like Valentino and Zara are selling like hotcakes.
    Jake Woolf, GQ, 30 June 2017
  • Whether or not the IHOb name is only a short-term marketing gimmick, there's a monetary reason why the pancake chain is flipping over on its brand identity: Pancakes aren't selling like hotcakes.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 June 2018
  • For some readers, any breakfast spot, hotcake house or burger joint with a roadhouse vibe both qualified and represented a crime for not being included.
    OregonLive.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Like the past several years, Delhi residents are reaching for anti-pollution masks, which are selling like hotcakes.
    Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Fun fact: cookbooks are actually selling like hotcakes.
    Fortune, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Last year, Red Velvet pancakes sold like, well, hotcakes.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Just be sure to score your favorites quickly—this pair is selling like hotcakes.
    Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 30 Dec. 2025
  • If that’s not enough, order a single jumbo hotcake to really take you over the edge.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025

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