How to Use madeleine in a Sentence

madeleine

noun

• This is one madeleine recipe that is easy enough to make on the spur of the moment.
  — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 13 June 2022
• There were trays of madeleines and a stage with thudding speakers.
  — Alison Griswold, Quartz, 3 July 2019
• Dip half of each madeleine in glaze then sprinkle with lavender and let set.
  — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2020
• Pipe no more than 1 ounce of batter into each madeleine form.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
• Here, as the name might suggest, the only bite on offer is the madeleine.
  — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 7 July 2017
• Bake the madeleines for about 2 to 2½ minutes on the center rack.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
• Dip half of each madeleine in chocolate, then sprinkle with lavender and let set.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2019
• The mix of mint and lemon with a matcha base pairs well with fresh peaches or madeleines, Schwartz says.
  — Meg Lappe, SELF, 7 Oct. 2017
• Candy and caramels Like madeleines, this is largely a tool issue.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 3 Oct. 2017
• The madeleines are baked to order in actual scallop shells, and served with a side of jam.
  — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
• Maybe when his character bites the madeleine or hears Vinteuil’s sonata.
  — David Marchese David Marchese Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Roast chicken may be my therapy, but chicken soup is my panacea, my madeleine dipped in tea.
  — New York Times, 30 Dec. 2021
• Pastry options include its lemon madeleines, chocolate tarts and eclairs.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• Though most often served as a sweet, madeleines also can be prepared in a savory version.
  — Terri Milligan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2017
• This, much more than the madeleine memory, is the real Proustian turn.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
• Vegetarians will enjoy the chilli aglio e olio and madeleines for dessert.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
• Épicerie Boulud will be up first on Tuesday and Wednesday with madeleines and canelés.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 26 June 2017
• Try madeleines from Madeleines de Christophe — while the treat is found all over France, this shop has the very best.
  — Mark Bonte, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024
• This mission, for a few minutes at least, is Miles’s Proustian madeleine.
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 May 2026
• This scene with madeleines is one of his — and literature’s — most memorable.
  — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• On a tiered silver tray were cheddar cheese and sweet pepper sandwiches, lemon madeleines and, of course, scones.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
• Food items include sets of mini cakes, macarons, cookies, madeleines and popcorn.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 24 Oct. 2019
• Telfar, holding a packet of madeleines in one hand, said to a departing model.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
• The story ends with a mug of Bovril, which is Frank’s madeleine, so to speak, calling up vivid scenes from the past.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
• The madeleine side overpowered the brownie with its over-the-top sweetness and was much drier than the brownie side.
  — cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
• When Proust rhapsodized about his madeleine, his nose (masquerading as his taste buds) was likely his time machine.
  — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
• The plague years are for him a moment of reprieve, a Proustian bite of madeleine that gives a taste of the past for only a brief moment.
  — Max Holleran, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
• Others are childhood favorites that continue to serve up Proustian madeleines as adults.
  — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
• Financier and Equestrian Like madeleines, financiers are small cakes that eat like a cookie.
  — Cece Pascual, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• The technical challenge, which focused on ombre madeleines, proved challenging for all three.
  — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025