How to Use bagel in a Sentence

bagel

noun
  • But which bagel beats them all?
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Reach for breads and bagels with lots of fiber.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
  • And with bagels, there's so many steps where that could go wrong.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Pizza and bagels are not on the list.
    — Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
  • What makes the perfect bagel to you?
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
  • So, this is what the world has come to … a pre-cheesed bagel.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Our mission is about more than bagels.
    — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Griffler shrugged and took a bite of a bagel.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Buy grape jelly and plain bagels here.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025
  • So moving on, this episode is all about bagels.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
  • There are tents with groups stretching and tents with bagels.
    — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Serve it with corn chips or bagel chips, or just eat it up with your fork.
    — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Watch this video to see how to make pizza bagels at home.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Have the egg whites for breakfast, not the bagel and cream cheese.
    — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Try as a spread for small bagels, toast, pancakes, and muffins.
    — Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2010
  • Then stand each half-bagel on its flat cut and slice downward again.
    — Hints From Heloise, star-telegram, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The bagel was salty, soft, chewy with a nice crust and not rubbery.
    — Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There was a bagel shop off Townsend that used to be his lucky lunch.
    — Rachel Levin, SFChronicle.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Don’t think for a minute, though, that this bagel doesn’t come with a big hole in it.
    — Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
  • That's going to be like a $20 bagel.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The deal comes with your choice of 13 bagels and two tubs of cream cheese.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Nothing beats a fresh bagel on a busy morning.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025
  • So really the trick is that your bagel still has to be wet.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Vekić duly broke again to seal a bagel set.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Louisville bagel shops might be on a roll in late 2025.
    — Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The local lox, even with the best bagel and schmear, was too salty for his taste.
    — Amanda Gordon, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • One pair for the price of a coffee and bagel at your local cafe?
    — Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Homemade pizza bagels can be a quick and easy meal or snack.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Top toast, a bagel, or a banana with nut butter.
    — Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 7 June 2026
  • Top toast, a bagel, or a banana with nut butter.
    — Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2025

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