Example Sentences

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The next couple of days were icing on the cake.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021

The tax benefits were icing on the cake.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2017

“Chicago’s a good measuring stick but we were down on what we thought were icing calls,” Trotz said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 29, 2016

It was much worse than they'd expected; the cloud was thick, and the airplanes were icing up fast.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

The walls of the little engine house were icing up, the spray was freezing on his moustache—surely a proper night for a man's enemy to be lost.

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)