How to Use take the cake in a Sentence

take the cake

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• Red, white, and blue, take the cake in this no-cook trifle made for berry lovers.
  — Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2024
• With all of that said, Fluff & Tuff toys take the cake for our testers.
  — Hannah Jones, Country Living, 1 Aug. 2023
• All unique and well-thought-out, the well-worth-it seasonal cocktails take the cake here.
  — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
• All unique and well-thought-out, the well-worth-it seasonal cocktails take the cake here.
  — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
• In the world of hair tools, Dyson takes the cake for innovation.
  — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 13 July 2023
• Romeo Is a Dead Man might just take the cake on the weirdness scale.
  — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 6 June 2025
• The warehouse store is beloved for its muffins and pies, but their new croissant pinwheel might take the cake.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
• Though the primary suite takes the cake with a huge walk-in closet and a dressing room.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 31 July 2023
• The athletic loves nonsense graphs more than anyone, but this takes the cake.
  — Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
• However, the primary suite on the third floor takes the cake.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2023
• The macro design might just take the cake for easiest approach.
  — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
• But a viral video of a man being stuck inside a porta-potty might take the cake.
  — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
• This silhouette just might take the cake for being both a classic and very much of the moment.
  — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• As far as tech gadget gifts come, the Switch takes the cake with its three play modes and dual controllers.
  — Maura Jenkins, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2023
• Tori Spelling has had her share of wild stories — but this might take the cake as one of her creepiest.
  — Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
• During the segment there were a few touching moments, but the one with his mother took the cake.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025
• In terms of the emotional stamina, that takes the cake for the biggest challenge.
  — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 May 2025
• While the bouillabaisse toast took the cake for me as the best dish of the night, the tagine romanesco was a close second.
  — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
• All of Orveda’s products are excellent, but one of them took the cake this year.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2025
• Sometimes the best gift ideas are the simplest, and an initial necklace will take the cake every time.
  — Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2025
• Last night took the cake when treating our dear couple friends to his birthday dinner at a very nice restaurant.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
• My head is already black and blue from banging it on the desk these last 100 days, but this one takes the cake.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
• Several similar debacles have plagued the team over the last six years, but this one may just take the cake.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
• Many people liked the rhinoceros the best, but the piranhas took the cake.
  — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• But, the moment that really takes the cake is singing with Julie Andrews.
  — Colson Thayer, People.com, 9 May 2025
• For Alex, Serena Williams’s wedding took the cake as one of the best.
  — Chelsea Daniel, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2024
• But gray wolves take the cake, capable of eating the equivalent of 11 hot dogs per minute.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2020
• Kids are costly, but senior year takes the cake for eyebrow-raising expenses.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
• Yet, Teixeira’s gold finishes in all four of her events took the cake in just about as perfect of a send-off as there is.
  — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 11 Nov. 2024
• Freddie Highmore isn't the first talk show guest to have a bizarre experience, but his might just take the cake.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023