How to Use icing on the cake in a Sentence
icing on the cake
noun phrase
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The fact that new players can claim up to €2,500 is just icing on the cake.
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Sponsored Content,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2024
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Of course, the physical changes were icing on the cake.
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Sierra Lopez,
The Mercury News,
24 May 2024
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The half-up, half-down look was topped with a black velvet bow, which is just icing on the cake.
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Julia Meehan,
Peoplemag,
19 July 2023
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The city itself is like a warm hug, her people are icing on the cake.
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Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
20 May 2024
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And to be able to raise money for charity is just icing on the cake.
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Dave Quinn,
Peoplemag,
24 May 2024
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The fact that Whispering Pines became No. 1 in Texas is just icing on the cake.
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Sportsday Staff,
Dallas News,
7 May 2023
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The extra bells and whistles, especially the Power Case, are icing on the cake.
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Garrett Munce,
Men's Health,
25 Apr. 2023
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For many Black women, natural full lips are just icing on the cake to a beauty look which will never go out of style.
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India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
23 Aug. 2023
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Their non-skid soles are just icing on the cake, especially if your trip has a lot of walking on the itinerary.
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Kristine Solomon,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Aug. 2023
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And [Al Roker] making an appearance was icing on the cake!!
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Dave Quinn,
Peoplemag,
29 Mar. 2024
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So anything else that's happened afterward has been icing on the cake.
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Ingrid Vasquez,
Peoplemag,
2 Aug. 2023
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The convenient slip-on design is really just icing on the cake.
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Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Feb. 2024
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The two spacious side pockets are icing on the cake to an already impeccable pair of workout tights.
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Theresa Holland,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2024
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The endearing patterns are really just icing on the cake.
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Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Mar. 2024
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Now Hopkins and – maybe especially – Cook could become icing on the cake for Super Bowl 58 contenders seeking one more ace for their hand.
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Nate Davis,
USA TODAY,
17 June 2023
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For both directors, being accepted into the festival was already a validation of their work, so seeing how the film resonated with an audience and also win an award was just icing on the cake.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
27 July 2023
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Today there is a reflexive tendency to think of literature, and also other forms of culture, as an extra, as an ornament, as icing on the cake, as something that is expendable and unnecessary.
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Merve Emre,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Feb. 2024
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