Example Sentences

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This was icing on the cake for Seattle outfielder and American League Rookie of the Year Julio Rodríguez: A “cooking show.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023

“And also for myself, my goal was always to get back to this game, and doing it in the same year that I gave birth was icing on the cake.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

“Selling the company to Elon Musk was icing on the cake of a much longer track record of decisions by higher ups in the company showing safety wasn’t prioritized,” one employee says.

From The Verge • Sep. 2, 2022

Everything else was icing on the wedding cake, so to speak.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2022

The snow had turned to freezing rain and the windshield was icing up.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx