How to Use madeleine in a Sentence
madeleine
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This is one madeleine recipe that is easy enough to make on the spur of the moment.
—Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 13 June 2022
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Bake the madeleines for about 2 to 2½ minutes on the center rack.
—Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
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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
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Here, as the name might suggest, the only bite on offer is the madeleine.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 7 July 2017
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There were trays of madeleines and a stage with thudding speakers.
—Alison Griswold, Quartz, 3 July 2019
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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
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Dip half of each madeleine in glaze then sprinkle with lavender and let set.
—Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2020
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Pipe no more than 1 ounce of batter into each madeleine form.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
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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
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Dip half of each madeleine in chocolate, then sprinkle with lavender and let set.
—The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2019
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This, much more than the madeleine memory, is the real Proustian turn.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
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Candy and caramels Like madeleines, this is largely a tool issue.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 3 Oct. 2017
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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
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The madeleine side overpowered the brownie with its over-the-top sweetness and was much drier than the brownie side.
—cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
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Brush madeleine pan with melted butter, then dust with flour and tap out excess.
—Kristina Kurek, Good Housekeeping, 19 Feb. 2021
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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
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Lincoln’s vacation house is a madeleine dipped in beer.
—Ron Charles critic, Washington Post, 29 July 2019
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Lincoln's vacation house is a madeleine dipped in beer.
—Ron Charles, Dallas News, 30 July 2019
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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
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Just as a madeleine once summoned the memories of a Parisian aesthete, this offprint...
—WSJ, 24 Mar. 2017
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Roast chicken may be my therapy, but chicken soup is my panacea, my madeleine dipped in tea.
—New York Times, 30 Dec. 2021
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Though most often served as a sweet, madeleines also can be prepared in a savory version.
—Terri Milligan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2017
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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
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At Dominique Ansel locations in New York, mini madeleines are served warm.
—Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
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This scene with madeleines is one of his — and literature’s — most memorable.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
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Telfar, holding a packet of madeleines in one hand, said to a departing model.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
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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
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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
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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
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Trader Joe's gluten-free madeleines are a relatively new item, introduced in spring 2023.
—Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023
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