How to Use cornflakes in a Sentence

cornflakes

plural noun
  • Place cornflakes in a separate large, zip-top bag and crush with hands or rolling pin.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Hawaiian sweet bread soaked in coconut milk, coated in cornflakes, and deep-fried.
    Bon Appétit, 14 July 2021
  • Shards of maple tuile carpet the surface and crackle like cornflakes.
    Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Cereal, such as cornflakes, will work, too; as will snack foods, such as pretzels.
    Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
  • After all, what child could resist smashing the cornflakes?
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2021
  • At Stix, they are coated in a rice flour batter, rolled in toppings like cornflakes and hunks of french fries before getting deep-fried.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Crispy chicken is already a popular kid dinner, and with cornflakes and buttermilk in the mix who's to blame them?
    Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day, 24 June 2022
  • White, flat, and similar in looks to cornflakes, poha, which comes in thick and thin varieties, is tasteless.
    Annada Rathi, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Beyond a large banner of a smiling family at the entrance is the detritus of the products the store once sold: flattened cornflakes packaging, juice boxes, soda cans.
    New York Times, 15 July 2021
  • Cycle activists in Oslo, Norway, have erected a banner in a supermarket gas station pointing out that cycling runs on cornflakes.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Kornnawong also adds her own spin to the dessert with the additions of cornflakes (a favorite American cereal indulgence of hers), small pieces of milk bread and salted coconut cream.
    Omar Mamoon, Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Tosi shies away from straightforward classics—her chocolate chip cookies include cornflakes and marshmallows.
    Kate Krader, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Another passenger requested Cheerios and received cornflakes.
    Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021

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