How to Use sugar cube in a Sentence

sugar cube

noun
  • Sometimes, espresso shots are served with a sugar cube, lemon twist, or small cookie.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026
  • Small amounts of the death cap mushroom — a volume as small as a standard sugar cube — can be a fatal dose.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Ingesting as little as the volume of a sugar cube can be fatal.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • Wanda turns the tiny decanter spout; the ice-cold water drip-drops onto the sugar cube, held over the glass of absinthe by a slotted spoon.
    — David Cook, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Instead of sweetening it, the relatives clamped a sugar cube between their incisors and loudly sucked the tea through it.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Prosecco, or other sparkling wine Saturate the sugar cube with bitters, about one or two dashes.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The La Familia margaritas came out with a flaming sugar cube.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The oral polio vaccine, originally developed by Albert Sabin, uses a live but weakened poliovirus that one swallows in a sugar cube or droplet.
    — William Petri, The Conversation, 22 July 2022
  • It is composed of Champagne with a dash or two of the spice-heavy Angostura Bitters and a sugar cube—essentially an Old Fashioned, with sparkling wine instead of whiskey.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Saving Space and Power The MEMS clock is built from a few tightly connected parts, all integrated on a chip smaller than the face of a sugar cube.
    — Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025

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