Example Sentences

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“My friends and I have been baking together every holiday season for the past 25 years. We call it the annual ‘bake-a-thon.’

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022

He later said the substance might have been baking soda.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022

In anticipation of our annual holiday extravaganza, I have been baking a lot of cookies.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

In anticipation of our annual holiday extravaganza, I have been baking a lot of cookies lately.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021

We have been baking for seven years, and no one has come to take us out.

From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur