cookies
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Packed with cookies, brownies, old-school sprinkle cakes or lemon drizzle, they are usually found in front gardens, on driveways or by the roadside.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
And, just as with candy, cookies or french fries, filling up on them can be bad for you.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Platitudes are for popsicle sticks and fortune cookies, not feature-length adaptations of literary classics intended to warn readers about how easily power can bleed into corruption.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
Today, they meet at Emily Lawrence’s home, where she has prepared peanut butter cookies and an elaborate cheese board for the occasion.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
I was rewrapping the cookies in the brown outer paper when my eyes fell on the address written in Nollie’s careful hand, slanting upward toward the postage stamp.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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