How to Use cookie in a Sentence

cookie

noun
  • She put a batch of cookies into the oven.
  • You are one smart cookie.
  • This recipe makes about two dozen cookies.
  • Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie.
  • The cheese pull, the fork breaking through the crust and the snap of a crisp cookie.
    Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • The owners even keep a bowl of cookies by the counter to take.
    Blake Gillespie, SPIN, 11 June 2024
  • En route, guests will get the chance to snack on hot chocolate and cookies.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The chocolate was so rich that one bite was enough for me, and the cookie base was sogged through.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The designs in the mold make your cookies look like artful tiles.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Sprinkle three lines of crushed cookies across the top of the cake to create the pumpkin patch rows.
    Beth Branch, Country Living, 27 July 2023
  • Nili Lotan is going to have to bake a lot more cookies.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The locals want a bite out of Messi, just not in cookie form.
    The Enquirer, 22 Aug. 2023
  • To check for doneness, lightly touch the top of a cookie.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Was ahead in count on Barnes too and just left a cookie curveball right in the middle of the zone.
    Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 13 June 2024
  • Both work in concert to break the cookies, which means the cookies have to be soft enough to fall apart.
    Sopan Deb, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Put one of the cicadas on top of each cookie and lightly press down.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 8 May 2024
  • The bakery sells cookies, cupcakes, dessert bars and cakes to go.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
  • There are 33 cookie recipes, two for crepes, and 31 for other desserts.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
  • That means this machine can mix up to nine dozen cookies at once.
    Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Jenner twists the top cookie from the rest of the Oreo and looks inside as if reading a fortune.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • His hand was stuck in the cookie jar when the [abuse] stuff about the precious sisters [Jill and Jessa] came out.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
  • The state is commandeering more of the economy to add to its cookie jar to fund the war.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The moment lasted till the teapot was empty and the cookies consumed – with help, once the kids caught on.
    Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2024
  • Each cookie is luscious, soft and at least half an inch thick.
    Olivia Gyapong, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • But these days, much of the cookie business is done online.
    Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The result is a soft, powdery flour that bakes up tender and fluffy in all kinds of cakes and cookies.
    Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Enlarge / Google, like most of us, has a hard time letting go of cookies.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 23 July 2024
  • The chain did not say when the foot-long cookie would be available at all locations.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The other recipe that was a big haul for funds was one for Gwen Walz’s great-grandmother’s gingersnap cookies, which the campaign recently turned into a video.
    Meghan McCarron, Bon Appétit, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Transfer cookie crumbs to a medium bowl with reserved chocolate mixture, and stir until evenly coated.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024

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