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
  • Out of this confection pop a few wispy purple-gray seed heads.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • These confections are a great way to use up berries that are a little less than fresh.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
  • These confections are a great way to use up berries that are a little less than fresh.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • It was loosely inspired by the confection and kind of looks like one.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, Glamour, 15 May 2018
  • Mochi is a confection made from ice cream or sorbet wrapped in a pounded sticky rice shell.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • As for Lively's frothy confection of a gown, there's a lot to love.
    — Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • At times, the episode felt like an all too indulgent confection that left my teeth aching.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 23 May 2021
  • No one in the South will be able to turn down a slice of this special confection.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Kick back and chill out with these recipes for delicious and easy-to-make cold confections.
    — Redbook, 22 July 2011
  • The confection, a simple white round slab with white frosting, looked good.
    — Hillary Davis, latimes.com, 27 June 2018
  • Though you wouldn’t be served only confections at Nicōsi.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
  • First, there’s a sourness at the heart of Beane’s confection.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Pure dance floor confection through and through, file this one to your exercise playlist right now.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2020
  • To his surprise, the confection cooled faster than his classmates’ had.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Ditch the white wedding gown in favor of a soft pink or a baby blue confection.
    — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 7 June 2022
  • Those sticky-sweet confections disappeared, no more to be found.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Pink marbled puffs with hints of cool herbal mint held the dark chocolate hearts of the sweet meringue confections.
    — Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Skip the basic box of chocolates this year and go for a more dazzling confection.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The kids are excited to try the new confection, but all the local stores are sold out.
    — Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Your guests will be delighted to indulge in the light and rich confection.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Here, a roster of cozy confections and wooly wonders to cheer the darkest days.
    — Kirby Marzec, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2017
  • With every sweet bite of this light white confection comes the timeless taste of creamy vanilla.
    — Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Fans seemed to agree with Hudson and gushed over the dreamy confection in the comments.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The favors are sold with the king cake (rather than the plastic baby that is in most confections).
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • The confection shop scenic design by David Zinn doesn’t shy away from kitsch.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Cheesecake, the confection that first caught his eye back in high school, became a staple.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021
  • This classic confection is a chocolate lover’s dream.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Between the two cookies is a thick and creamy layer of dulce de leche, a confection that melts on the tongue.
    — Austin American Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Though the confection's novelty wasn't enough to take the top spot, third is a respectable place to be.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2017

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