How to Use pancake in a Sentence

pancake

1 of 2 noun
  • We had blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast.
  • She wore sequins, false eyelashes, and pancake onstage.
  • There were crash outs, blowups, fights over pancakes and some messy breakups.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • One of my favorite ways to use it is in pancakes.
    — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • Where does the pancake rank for you among the best breakfast foods?
    — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The most stunning dish was the pancakes.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2026
  • At Ol’ South, pancakes come two ways.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Solo shone in the pancake test.
    — Jennifer Zyman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • At the house of pancakes, the burger was my favorite dish of the day.
    — Breakfast At Timothée’s, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Cook this batter in a small pan like a pancake until set on both sides.
    — Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 23 June 2026
  • All around the landscape is green and pancake-flat to the horizon.
    — John Otis, NPR, 30 May 2026
  • Transfer the pancakes to the baking sheet, then keep warm in the oven.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The testers sampled the syrups on their own and with miniature pancakes.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Use high-protein quinoa flour or mixes to make pancakes.
    — Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Or, try adding almond butter to toast or pancakes.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The kids would eat pancakes and drink hot chocolate in his presence and work up their courage.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Learn how to use a grain mill to turn whole grains into fresh flour and make homemade pancakes.
    — Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Top oatmeal or pancakes with yogurt and berries.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 15 May 2026
  • With a hint of lemon, these fluffy silver dollar pancakes are a sweet way to start the day.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
  • For a more creative twist, use them in baking recipes such as muffins, bread, or pancakes.
    — Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Ld, Verywell Health, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Tinies launched a new weekend brunch menu with chilaquiles, blue corn pancakes and steak-and-eggs.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
  • Almost any pancake batter will cook up well in a cast-iron skillet.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The free pancake offer is good for dine-in only; one order per guest.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The free pancake offer is good for dine-in only; one order per guest.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Adding more oil is the key to giving pancakes a golden brown color.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
  • Serve the pancakes with your favorite jam for a lovely dose of sweetness.
    — Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Don’t think of it just as a breakfast partner to pancakes or waffles.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Cook the pancakes until bubbles form across the surface and the edges look set.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • A little hair spray and light pancake makeup and blush are applied.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Chopped or sliced, this apple is fine to fill a pie or strudel as well as stirred into pancakes or muffins.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2023

pancake

2 of 2 verb
  • Buildings are pancaked, their floors stacked like decks of cards.
    — Fernando Narro Roman, NPR, 28 June 2026
  • It is not supposed to crack your ribs and pancake your brain against the back of your skull.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Braid each tail into a fishtail and then pancake out the sides for volume.
    — Kristin Koch, Seventeen, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Some cookies could pancake, while others might turn out overly cakey.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Cottage cheese can be baked into muffins and added to pancake batter — and no one will ever know.
    — Martina Schimitschek, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Skeletal remains of buildings bowed under roofs that pancaked in the blaze.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2023
  • People were kicked around in the pit, pancaked at the front of the stage, and the crowd surfing had a 90% fail rate.
    — Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Mix a few tablespoons of ground flax into your muffin or pancake batter.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 2 June 2026
  • Photos included with the lawsuit show the top of the car pancaked, with the windshield and windows blown out.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
  • Can't wait to see this demon pancaking people on Sundays.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • These ten ideas are a few new favorites to add to your breakfast rotation that don't include your go-to pancake and omelet recipes.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
  • When adding chia seeds to pancake batter, start with 2 tablespoons for a batch of pancakes that would serve four to six people.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Instead of pancaking his defender, Freeling gets knocked off his feet and the play goes nowhere.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • Fritas are pancaked on the plancha with cumin and paprika, sprinkled with tiny potato strings and diced onions on a Cuban roll.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2026
  • These buildings were not pancaked by big bombs, but targeted by Israel’s air force strikes, artillery fire and small arms.
    — Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • My own view is that this is the time to be safe while earning some yield and rolling down the front end of the yield curve which will be the first one to pancake when something breaks.
    — Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Breakfast, for example, could be an ultraprocessed frozen waffle or pancake with fake maple syrup.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Puni left the game with a knee injury after teammate Matt Hennessy was pancaked back onto his leg on a field goal.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Try stirring some into an espresso or add some nibs to pancake batter; sprinkle on top of ice cream or yogurt for a bittersweet kick.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Greunke also likes to blend cottage cheese and add it to pancake and waffle batter for a high-protein spin on these breakfast favorites.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
  • In the coming minutes, some sections will pancake, while others will topple completely.
    — Bruce Barcott, Outside Online, 25 Aug. 2011
  • In sparring Travis pancakes you without apology.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Jets offensive lineman Armand Membou came over to pancake Scott at the end of the play.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Officials said the failure happened when the second floor fell into the first, causing all the floors to pancake all the way into the basement.
    — Heavier Vehicles, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There's no flipping required to serve up homemade, buttery pancakes the moment the family comes downstairs.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Adding syrup to the fire, Chris makes both women pancakes the next morning, but Chelley gets an extra pancake and a flower.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Unfortunately, their snow, while deep, had pancaked and the skiing on the lower slopes, while untracked, was, frankly, no good for skiing.
    — Dan Schilling, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Then, last Tuesday, Jackie started pancaking — lying flat in the nest bowl — for long stretches and her eyes looked sleepy.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Some models suggest that a second moon, just a few hundred kilometers across, formed past the far side and then slowly approached the moon and pancaked itself.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Or the poor defender the Oklahoma commit is pancaking into the turf.
    — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025

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