candy store

Example Sentences

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SQ: Was that like being a kid in a candy store?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

When Cossington, who described herself as feeling like "a kid in the candy store", was tasked with recruiting the "best in the world", Van Ginhoven was top of her list.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

“It’s like a giant breeding experiment—a candy store to play in,” said cidermaker David Buchanan, of Portersfield Cider in rural Pownal, which has used apples from Turley’s trunk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Award show season is a candy store of glamour and star bursts for some.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025

On our way back from the candy store, Brian and I liked to spy on the Green Lantern—a big dark green house with a sagging porch right near the highway.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls