How to Use cotton candy in a Sentence

cotton candy

noun
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  • 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
  • Nothing says summer like cotton candy and a ride on the tilt-a-whirl.
    — Randy Blaser, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • At the end of the night, volunteers gave away a surplus of cotton candy.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Patrick, who took me to dinner by the beach and bought me cotton candy at Fenway Park.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • There are balloons and cotton candy for the kids, fried snacks and tender coconuts for the rest.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
  • That was the fun, dopamine, 1,000-retweet, cotton candy option.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Rather than burgers and cotton candy, fish and chips were served.
    — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 19 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • Add cotton candy or licorice for the hair, cookies or gummy discs for the eyes, and draw a mouth with icing.
    — Mali Anderson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • Wrap cotton candy around a skewer and press into back of cake for tail.
    — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 2 Oct. 2018
  • The soft serve in those machines can be served into a waffle cone that has cotton candy spun on to it.
    — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • As the aroma fills the room, the cooked bacon is dipped into a secret cotton candy syrup glaze.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
  • Guesses were all over the map: Some thought that Starlight tastes like cotton candy, funnel cake or S’mores.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The truffles, fudge, cotton candy, popcorn and ice cream are gone.
    — Shwanika Narayan, SFChronicle.com, 15 Feb. 2020
  • But the visuals of the video truly bring the song to life, as the pop star flounces around with daisies in her hair, draped in cotton candy pink floral.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Spark Paws’ cotton candy hoodie is soft and cozy, and comes in a range of colors for both pets and their parents.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • And Maggie was grinning, pulling apart a puff of cotton candy.
    — Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Add a cotton candy stand and popcorn machine to the mix, obvs.
    — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The espresso martini will have a candy cane rim, and cotton candy and glitter will top the white chocolate martini.
    — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024

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