bake sale
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Not cloying, not milky, not trying to be liked by everyone at the bake sale.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026
The life-limiting condition will eventually leave him reliant on a wheelchair and in need of specialist home adaptations, so the family are raising money pound by pound, bake sale by bake sale.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
“They’re not interested in covering the bake sale or the blood drive,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025
When I asked a group of students doing a bake sale next to the basketball court, they said they had never seen anyone there.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023
“Wait. I thought you were on the bake sale committee.”
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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