How to Use icing on the cake in a Sentence

icing on the cake

noun phrase
  • The Rock joining them just seems to be icing on the cake.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The fact that new players can claim up to €2,500 is just icing on the cake.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • So in a better world, this line would be icing on the cake.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Of course, the physical changes were icing on the cake.
    — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
  • Anything else that comes along with that is icing on the cake.
    — Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The half-up, half-down look was topped with a black velvet bow, which is just icing on the cake.
    — Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • The city itself is like a warm hug, her people are icing on the cake.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
  • Little details like easy-pull bungy cords around the waist and hood are icing on the cake.
    — Will Porter, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
  • And to be able to raise money for charity is just icing on the cake.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • The five-year warranty and suction cup feet are icing on the cake.
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The fact that Whispering Pines became No. 1 in Texas is just icing on the cake.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
  • To get a nomination for the Grammys was icing on the cake.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Adding a fifth — a potential WNBA team — would be icing on the cake!
    — Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The ensuing snowplow chase that spills into the streets outside the arena is just icing on the cake.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 July 2024
  • To be serenaded by the Montreal crowd was icing on the cake.
    — Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The extra bells and whistles, especially the Power Case, are icing on the cake.
    — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 25 Apr. 2023
  • For many Black women, natural full lips are just icing on the cake to a beauty look which will never go out of style.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Their non-skid soles are just icing on the cake, especially if your trip has a lot of walking on the itinerary.
    — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2023
  • And [Al Roker] making an appearance was icing on the cake!!
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Think of it in the rev-sharing era as icing on the cake: The school handles the base, and the collective is the extra arm for the biggest priorities across any sport.
    — Kennington Smith Iii, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • So anything else that's happened afterward has been icing on the cake.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The convenient slip-on design is really just icing on the cake.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The two spacious side pockets are icing on the cake to an already impeccable pair of workout tights.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The endearing patterns are really just icing on the cake.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, Belmond’s Champenois says its trains do a brisk business of full buyouts, so the dedicated coach is perhaps icing on the cake.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Now Hopkins and – maybe especially – Cook could become icing on the cake for Super Bowl 58 contenders seeking one more ace for their hand.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
  • Best International Feature Film may be icing on the cake.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Pete Davidson’s shirtless tattoo-removal photos are just icing on the cake.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Feb. 2025
  • As icing on the cake, this whole monthslong headache could have been avoided if the previous tenants had dealt with their air conditioner maintenance better (if at all).
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025
  • 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.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023

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