How to Use cotton candy in a Sentence

cotton candy

noun
  • Nothing says summer like cotton candy and a ride on the tilt-a-whirl.
    Randy Blaser, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • Food trucks and vendors will be serving burgers, hot dogs and tater tots, fried Oreos, cotton candy and more.
    Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 21 June 2019
  • Wave appeared in a final clip sitting down in the car while holding his half-eaten piece of cotton candy and shaking his head with a big smile.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Who knew that cotton candy could look so lethal or a Coke machine so imperious or cowboy hats so ridiculous?
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
  • Dasha Fincher said a roadside drug test falsely identified her bag of cotton candy as methamphetamine.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2018
  • In keeping with the circus idea, desserts included cotton candy as well as the more traditional cookies and pies.
    Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 16 Jan. 2019
  • Keep the flame alive with this rose, golden amber, and sage candle, housed in a limited-edition cotton candy–color tumbler.
    Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2019
  • Looking like a walking cotton candy dream, Musgraves' gown featured tiers of pink tulle and dramatic ruffs around the neck and shoulders.
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2019
  • The free event, which promotes youth baseball and softball, will feature rides, a dunk tank, cotton candy, snow cones, music and other activities.
    Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 7 June 2019
  • Gerald Flynn, 70, who has been selling cotton candy for the Warriors for 42 years plans to move with them.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 7 June 2019
  • On Thursday, visitors grabbed a final turkey drumstick, cotton candy ice cream sandwich or bacon-wrapped anything.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2019
  • In the small city-state of Monaco, perched on a hillside overlooking the harbor, a cotton candy-pink mansion is a rare throwback to the days when the region first emerged as a haven for the super rich.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2019
  • The Pink Accents Meghan's baby shower was decorated with pink flowers and a cotton candy machine.
    Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 2 Mar. 2019
  • Favorites include omelet stations, carving stations, vegan options, tandoori skewers, sugar-free cake and cotton candy.
    Melissa Yeager, azcentral, 7 June 2019
  • White and tan preside over a mouthwatering assortment of sorbet colors: pistachio, lemon, raspberry, cotton candy.
    Harry Cooper, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • The cotton candy, though, will stay the core of her focus.
    Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Mar. 2022
  • On the road, car headlights cut through the ice fog that hangs over the road like cotton candy.
    Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Live music blared across the grounds amid the smells of corn dogs, cotton candy and cheese curds.
    Mary Lynn Smith, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • Here's where to find cotton candy, corn dogs, cheese curds and more.
    Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
  • This drink smelled more like cotton candy to me at first waft.
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with game booths, cotton candy, snow-cones, popcorn and a cake walk.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2021
  • Spin Spun’s glow-in-the-dark cotton candy was also a hit.
    Candace Jordan, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The nose leads with cotton candy grapes, plum, and orange.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
  • That was the fun, dopamine, 1,000-retweet, cotton candy option.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Like cotton candy, the fluffy atmospheres don’t have much of a shelf life.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 31 Dec. 2019
  • With more moisture in the air, strands can puff up like cotton candy while sweat kills off any volume at the roots.
    Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 30 July 2024
  • This blend will make your home smell like a field of peonies that's been spiked with sweet cotton candy and a touch of guava.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Dec. 2022
  • But be sure to save room for dessert, where cotton candy and popcorn ice cream is a required meal.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
  • Plan to dine at one of the restaurants on the Trabocchi Coast, lulled by the sea while enjoying the cotton candy sky.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • The arena overflowed with more pink than a cotton candy factory – youngsters in sparkly dresses hoisted in the air by dads, twentysomethings in short, ruffled skirts – as the flock embraced the girly-girl aesthetic Carpenter presents.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024

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