How to Use fortune cookie in a Sentence
fortune cookie
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At the end of the meal, the waitress left a tray on which the bill and a fortune cookie sat.
—Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2018
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The last photo in the slide is of a fortune cookie message.
—Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2022
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Instead of fortune cookies, why not try some of the restaurant’s pumpkin pie ($8.95), not-too-sweet dumplings that are crispy on the outside?
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 26 Nov. 2019
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It’s there in the pulling of Christmas crackers or the crumbling of a fortune cookie, to reveal the message or joke inside.
—Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
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Don’t ignore the lucky numbers on the back of your fortune cookie’s paper fortune.
—Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2021
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Carefully, Morris said, or the whole thing could fold up like a fortune cookie.
—Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2018
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Panda Express may owe you more than just a free fortune cookie.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
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There’s a piece of fortune cookie wisdom passed around the Twitterverse.
—Kyle Whitmire, al, 12 Aug. 2021
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Should poetry look like the zero-carb fortune cookies of Rupi Kaur?
—Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
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The foreshadowing of Pike's TOS fate through fortune cookie was fun.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
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For dessert, it’s blood orange sorbet and fortune cookies.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2020
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After all, who doesn’t get cheered up just a bit by finding an Easter Egg or reading a fortune cookie?
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2022
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There’s the Chiara, a sculptural top-handle shoulder bag that folds inward to create a wristlet evoking the shape of a fortune cookie.
—Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Apr. 2023
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After dinner, the sole dessert on the menu is pineapple soft serve with pineapple-bun crumble, garnished with a fortune cookie.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2022
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Prompts on the site will have you and/or your kids making fortune cookie messages or producing your own cooking show.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2021
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What about red bean buns, almond jelly, mooncake, dan tat or even fortune cookies?
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
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Yes, the Herald’s story is about Chinese food, and a white takeout box and a fortune cookie may seem like apt images to represent that.
—Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
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Numbers from a fortune cookie his stepdaughter got a couple of years ago at the age of 6, according to The News & Observer.
—Vandana Ravikumar, USA TODAY, 4 June 2019
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The more mystical residents of Echo Park swear the sign works like a giant rotating fortune cookie or tarot card.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2019
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Tucked into his personal list was an enigmatic item — a quote from a fortune cookie at the Golden Wok in Lincoln in 1999.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
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But part of his inspiration came from cracking open a fortune cookie.
—The Economist, 24 Feb. 2018
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Visitors will get a free skewer of the spiced-to-order chicken, a free water or soft drink, a fortune cookie and a chance to pose with a panda cosplayer.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2019
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Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day $4 million richer:A veteran used numbers from a fortune cookie to play the lottery.
—Quinlan Bentley, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2022
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Donya works for a fortune cookie factory in San Francisco.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
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Designed to be shaped like a fortune cookie, the structured purses are crafted from smooth Italian Nappa leather and are accented with gold hardware.
—Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 24 Apr. 2023
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The goal was to train artificial intelligence to create the sort of generic messages that someone might find in fortune cookies.
—Peter Holley, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
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The apartment is also filled with meaningful tokens, at the suggestion of Yeun, like fortunes from fortune cookies and sayings on tea bags that Danny would take as a sign of some sort.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 Apr. 2023
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Wednesday -- Sweet and sour chicken with rice, Chinese mixed vegetables, egg roll, Mandarin oranges, fortune cookie, and milk.
—Pine Bluff Commercial, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2021
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People of all ages have a role: Toddlers carry flags, teens and young adults dance in the lion costumes, and older adults hold banners, play instruments and hand fortune cookies to spectators.
—Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
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Menu staples include egg foo young, chop suey and fortune cookies that appeal to Americans but aren’t as widely popular in China.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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