confections

Example Sentences

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Tehran’s streets burst with shoppers perusing markets for flowers, painted eggs and confections for their “haft-sin” table, the traditional spread of seven items symbolizing spring, renewal and prosperity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“Sèvres Extraordinaire!” approaches its subject—pioneering, astonishing ceramic confections that are neither purely functional nor purely decorative but sui generis art, or “sculpture”—in the broadest sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

These sugar-laden confections are mostly made of high fructose corn syrup, saturated fat and additives.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

The aroma of their cookie-like confections draws you in and pulls you right through the door.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

They discovered that they could conjure splendid-looking confections, but were somewhat less successful when it came to flavor.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor