Cream in a sentence as a noun

He introduced me to all sorts of music, and, a Jew, learned from me to give up ice cream for Lent.

Because it's not a standard, criticizing it is like criticizing "good ice cream".

Cream in a sentence as a verb

It also helped to be able to pay off the local gang leader once a week with a pint of ice cream from the commissary.

That's why the starting salaries march in lockstep -- no BigLaw firm can afford to let people think that the cream of the crop from Harvard Law is being hired by their competitors.

Cream definitions

noun

the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

See also: pick

noun

the part of milk containing the butterfat

noun

toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

See also: ointment emollient

verb

make creamy by beating; "Cream the butter"

verb

beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

See also: clobber drub thrash lick

verb

put on cream, as on one's face or body; "She creams her face every night"

verb

remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"

See also: skim

verb

add cream to one's coffee, for example