How to Use confection in a Sentence

confection

noun
  • And so out came the confections in many petal shades and shapes.
    Blue Carreon, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • To his surprise, the confection cooled faster than his classmates’ had.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Around, a saccharine confection about a horse who adopts three human orphans.
    Adam Thirlwell, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Make an ice cream sundae, but rather than top your vanilla confection with hot sauce or whipped cream, rub a dab on your lips or neck and ask your lover to lick it off.
    Jillian Kramer, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2020
  • It’s a caramel confection with giant front pockets and an oversized fit roomy enough for layering, but not bulky like an actual winter coat.
    Talia Abbas, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Cream cheese frosting is the classic topper for carrot cake, but there is something irresistible about a confection topped with a crackly, citrusy glaze.
    Yossy Arefi, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2020
  • But the duo wanted to create a confection that could stand up on its own as a treat—and that meant reconfiguring the shape of the chocolate chip altogether.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Since 1975, many, many have embraced this wild and wonderful confection that's part campy musical, part horror and all midnight movie.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Anointing a new flavor to the Haribo lineup, however, takes some confection-making perfection.
    Purbita Saha, Popular Science, 17 June 2020
  • The Big Apple, an eggy confection coated in sticky, tart, sweet, cinnamon apples, is a crowd favorite and my go-to for a more abstract take on an original pancake.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Posting her glamorous birthday fit this morning, Schiffer blew out the candles on her tiered confection wearing an equally-delicious Balmain gown.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Two weeks later, the city was crazy over the confection.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Fans seemed to agree with Hudson and gushed over the dreamy confection in the comments.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • First, there’s a sourness at the heart of Beane’s confection.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2021
  • As for Lively's frothy confection of a gown, there's a lot to love.
    Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Dan Levy took the party’s theme to the extreme in a blue confection from Loewe.
    Leanne Italie, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Dan Levy took the party's theme to the extreme in a blue confection from Loewe.
    Leanne Italie, Chron, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The kids are excited to try the new confection, but all the local stores are sold out.
    Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The pits in the cherries add a subtle almond flavor to the confection when baked.
    Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The confection, made of corn mousse, crema, cake and cookie, is designed to look like corn on the cob.
    Joyce Koh, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • There was a bowl of the vile confection on his countertop.
    Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
  • The mansion at 991 Fifth Avenue is a confection of its era.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2021
  • It’s the perfect confection for those among us who simply don’t want to choose just one dessert.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Be sure to stop by the iconic Cafe du Monde for their signature take on the sweet and fluffy fried confection.
    Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Skip the basic box of chocolates this year and go for a more dazzling confection.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Ditch the white wedding gown in favor of a soft pink or a baby blue confection.
    Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 7 June 2022
  • And what’s Rudolph’s stuffing inside her spin on the confection?
    Rob Ledonne, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2023
  • At times, the episode felt like an all too indulgent confection that left my teeth aching.
    Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 23 May 2021
  • The most elaborate confection is the pale green and many-layered matcha cake.
    Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
  • With every sweet bite of this light white confection comes the timeless taste of creamy vanilla.
    Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022

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