How to Use cannoli in a Sentence

cannoli

noun

• Leave the gun, take the cannoli and the 30-second spot.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 7 Feb. 2020
• On the sweet side of things, the cannoli is a favorite.
  — Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 20 Nov. 2019
• So take the gun, leave the cannoli and strap in for the best 25 best picture winners, ranked.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021
• Finish things off with a glass of red wine and, of course, a cannoli ($5.25).
  — Gwendolyn Purdom, RedEye Chicago, 16 Mar. 2018
• With the tube in place, deep fry 2 cannoli at a time in hot oil for 1 minute until light brown.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 10 Oct. 2016
• The meal comes with a small salad, garlic bread and a cannoli.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2022
• And for dessert: cannoli, which tastes best here in its homeland.
  — Rick Steves, miamiherald, 25 Jan. 2018
• In other words, a joke is to the sense of humor what a cannoli (loaded with fat and sugar) is to the sense of taste.
  — Giovanni Sabato, Scientific American, 26 June 2019
• Nor-Joe's will sell cannoli and slices of the store's cannoli king cake as well.
  — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• Not to be overlooked: Cocoa nib cannoli, and the fact that beer and wine is under $10 a glass.
  — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 3 July 2019
• For dessert, there’s tiramisu and cheesecake and cannoli.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Wearing my heart on my sleeve might be a cliche, but wearing a cannoli on it?
  — Bon Appétit, 2 Feb. 2022
• The stack is topped with maraschino cherries and crushed cannoli shells.
  — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 18 Feb. 2020
• Comes with fresh-baked sourdough, choice of one salad, one main course with cannoli for dessert.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2022
• All because of a cannoli, which was delicious, by the way.
  — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2022
• Dessert, in the form of tiramisù cannoli, will shuffle onstage later this week.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
• For dessert choose from pumpkin cheese cake or cannoli.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2020
• Mid-show, a kelly green, body-hugging dress came down the catwalk printed with rows and rows of cannoli.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2017
• Treat yourself to a cannoli or the panna cotta to make life extra sweet.
  — Thuc Doan Nguyen, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2021
• But the cannoli unveiling feels like the idea that the season was building toward.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 June 2023
• Sicily is, after all, the birthplace of such classics like the cannoli and granita.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 21 Nov. 2022
• Baked goods range from cannoli stuffed with sweetened mascarpone cheese, to hearty loaves of Tuscan and Pugliese-style breads.
  — Paul Abercrombie, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2020
• Tourists, many of them from relatively close to Boston, lined up for cannoli and oysters and glasses of wine.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2021
• Only one of the three famous North End cannoli spots was devoid of patrons: Bova’s.
  — Sonel Cutler, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
• There are plenty of excellent places to grab a cannoli in Boston's Italian mecca, the North End.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2021
• Will the ladies of Alabama discover the richness that is cannoli?
  — Travis M. Andrews, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2014
• The sublime cannoli at Thompson Italian had that effect on me.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019
• Giovanni’s sold their first cannoli in 1981 and never looked back.
  — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2022
• Their guests were treated to an array of mini desserts such as tiramisu cups, panna cotta, cannoli and cheesecake.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
• Valastro’s lead baker, Christina Nasso, emerges from a back room with a lobster tail, a cannoli, a brownie, a German chocolate brownie and a cookies-and-milk cake.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024