How to Use madeleine in a Sentence

madeleine

noun

• This is one madeleine recipe that is easy enough to make on the spur of the moment.
  — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 13 June 2022
• Bake the madeleines for about 2 to 2½ minutes on the center rack.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
• The mix of mint and lemon with a matcha base pairs well with fresh peaches or madeleines, Schwartz says.
  — Meg Lappe, SELF, 7 Oct. 2017
• Here, as the name might suggest, the only bite on offer is the madeleine.
  — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 7 July 2017
• There were trays of madeleines and a stage with thudding speakers.
  — Alison Griswold, Quartz, 3 July 2019
• The story ends with a mug of Bovril, which is Frank’s madeleine, so to speak, calling up vivid scenes from the past.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
• Dip half of each madeleine in glaze then sprinkle with lavender and let set.
  — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2020
• Pipe no more than 1 ounce of batter into each madeleine form.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
• But a lunch of tuna carpaccio at Bar Italia, at 66th and Madison, was like Proust’s madeleine.
  — Marshall Heyman, Town & Country, 2 Oct. 2022
• Dip half of each madeleine in chocolate, then sprinkle with lavender and let set.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2019
• This, much more than the madeleine memory, is the real Proustian turn.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
• Candy and caramels Like madeleines, this is largely a tool issue.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 3 Oct. 2017
• The plague years are for him a moment of reprieve, a Proustian bite of madeleine that gives a taste of the past for only a brief moment.
  — Max Holleran, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
• The madeleine side overpowered the brownie with its over-the-top sweetness and was much drier than the brownie side.
  — cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
• Brush madeleine pan with melted butter, then dust with flour and tap out excess.
  — Kristina Kurek, Good Housekeeping, 19 Feb. 2021
• To Americans of a certain age, Heller dinnerware is as potent a madeleine to the 1970s as a Marimekko print.
  — New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• Lincoln’s vacation house is a madeleine dipped in beer.
  — Ron Charles critic, Washington Post, 29 July 2019
• Lincoln's vacation house is a madeleine dipped in beer.
  — Ron Charles, Dallas News, 30 July 2019
• Nathan, the eldest son, had made canelés in copper molds for a late-afternoon snack, and Lila had put a bowl of madeleine batter in the fridge to rest overnight.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
• Just as a madeleine once summoned the memories of a Parisian aesthete, this offprint...
  — WSJ, 24 Mar. 2017
• Roast chicken may be my therapy, but chicken soup is my panacea, my madeleine dipped in tea.
  — New York Times, 30 Dec. 2021
• Though most often served as a sweet, madeleines also can be prepared in a savory version.
  — Terri Milligan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2017
• All that's left to do is dunk your fresh-baked madeleines in a steaming café au lait for the ultimate Parisian café experience at home.
  — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2020
• At Dominique Ansel locations in New York, mini madeleines are served warm.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
• This scene with madeleines is one of his — and literature’s — most memorable.
  — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• Telfar, holding a packet of madeleines in one hand, said to a departing model.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
• For me, the Ms. logo will always be as much a Proustian madeleine as the standard of an icon in American journalism.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
• Taste, for example: Marcel Proust famously ate a madeleine that carried him back to childhood like a leaf on the wind.
  — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018
• Place madeleine pan on preheated baking sheet and bake until golden and big bumps on top spring back when touched, 11 to 13 minutes.
  — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2020
• Trader Joe's gluten-free madeleines are a relatively new item, introduced in spring 2023.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Aug 2024