How to Use hotcake in a Sentence

hotcake

noun
  • Austinites snapped up these covers like hotcakes.
    — Steve Sewall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Just be sure to score your favorites quickly—this pair is selling like hotcakes.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Just be sure to score your favorites quickly—this pair is selling like hotcakes.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 30 Dec. 2025
  • This is why deet sprays and citronella candles sell like hotcakes in the summer.
    — Christopher Michel, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2017
  • Last year, Red Velvet pancakes sold like, well, hotcakes.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • If that’s not enough, order a single jumbo hotcake to really take you over the edge.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
  • If that’s not enough, order a single jumbo hotcake to really take you over the edge.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The breakfast will include hotcakes, sausage, fresh fruit and beverages.
    — Laura Bednar, cleveland.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Doughnuts were selling like hotcakes with people coming from across the country.
    — CBS News, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Just act quickly to score them in 11 colorways—they’re selling like hotcakes.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 8 June 2026
  • To be sure, Apple products have gotten bad reviews in the past, only to sell like hotcakes later.
    — Mark Gurman, Bloomberg.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The pair ended up making and photographing scores of hotcakes, and reflecting on how images can mislead.
    — Daniel Stone, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • Nissan launched an electric version of the Leaf back in September, which Schillaci said is already selling like hotcakes.
    — Dom Galeon, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2017
  • For some readers, any breakfast spot, hotcake house or burger joint with a roadhouse vibe both qualified and represented a crime for not being included.
    — OregonLive.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The popular dish is selling like hotcakes, with the restaurant going through approximately 15 pounds of gnocchi dough per day.
    — Laurie Delk, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Like the past several years, Delhi residents are reaching for anti-pollution masks, which are selling like hotcakes.
    — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Just be sure to grab your favorite tops ASAP considering these picks are selling like hotcakes this season.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Rekha coming with Umrao Jaan — that’s huge for the Indian community and selling like hotcakes.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Kia hybrids are selling like hotcakes, according to a recent press release from the South Korean automaker.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • Chinese electric vehicles are selling like hotcakes in other markets and high sales numbers could hint at a great year for one of Chevrolet's EVs.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The bakery and breakfast cafe, known for its luscious desserts and lemon-ricotta hotcakes, was owned by Jeff Littlefield and Wonyee Tom.
    — Nancy Luna, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2017
  • The South Korean company's EVs may not be a hit right now, but its small SUV is selling like hotcakes.
    — Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That includes chicken tenders made with buttermilk, a specialty strawberry/blueberry topping for French toast, hotcakes and Belgian waffles, soups, and more.
    — cleveland.com, 13 June 2019
  • And at 20537 Timbermill Drive in leafy suburban Frankfort, homemade sourdough bread is selling like hotcakes.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Houstonians can fill up on delicious hotcakes for a good cause, as proceeds from pancake week will be donated to local community gardens and organizations, depending on the location.
    — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Tyra Banks is looking to continue her streak in Pacific Palisades, the Westside neighborhood where the model and television personality has been picking up properties like hotcakes.
    — Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 2 Apr. 2018

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