How to Use eye candy in a Sentence

eye candy

noun
  • A lot of the material on their website is just eye candy.
  • The team’s footage, far from eye candy, amounts to eye music.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The handsome men on the red carpet were our eye candy.
    — Larry Stansbury, Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
  • But statistics at this nascent of a stage are not even eye candy.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2019
  • Lots of candy in bowls, lots of eye candy in the form of tattoo ink.
    — Longreads, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Check out nine pretty amazing things about the star, who’s far more than just eye candy.
    — Essence, 23 Sep. 2021
  • There’s certainly plenty of eye candy to keep one glued to their chair.
    — Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 23 June 2023
  • But the movie’s bright colors and trappings of wealth offer some nice eye candy.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Yes, the fashion is pure eye candy and there's plenty of fan service.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Eclectic eye candy adds to the warmth of the home, and serves as a reminder of a bygone era of farm life.
    — Mary Wakeford, azcentral, 24 May 2018
  • This is eye candy for the design buff, ideal for browsing on a cold winter’s day.
    — Ann Landi, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Gomez said the event will play out like a videogame-style announcement, full of eye candy and fun extras for fans.
    — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • All the motions, shifts and tempo, all that is eye candy to put him in a position to beat you.
    — al, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Scroll through the gallery for a peek at all the celebrity eye candy the ladies loved in 2020.
    — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The visual eye candy of the table serves as a teaser for the delicious fare to come.
    — Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Unlike mocha, chocolate ganache is warmer, darker, and has a molten sheen to it that’s total eye candy.
    — Jennifer Hussein, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The tester’s optional 20-inch alloy wheels added to the eye candy.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Its booth is an oasis of eye candy if you’re entranced by anything to do with plumbing fixtures.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Or maybe Travis is just Western eye candy before the killing resumes next week.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Which games are going to serve the most delicious and irresistible eye candy?
    — Jess Grey, Wired, 17 May 2021
  • Which games are going to serve the most delicious and irresistible eye candy?
    — Jaina Grey, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The video features her shirtless husband, and fans as well as fellow celebs are loving the eye candy in the dreamy video.
    — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Remove it and the H2 stops, reverting to sleek eye candy.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The restoration of old homes, to some, is merely eye candy — a chance to ogle beautiful spaces with pedigree.
    — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • This isn’t to say that The Favourite is devoid of sartorial eye candy, far from it.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018
  • With the green olives and red chiles (for eye candy, not really heat) offsetting the white of the fish and the beans, this is a stunner.
    — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 8 Apr. 2021
  • From Brazil to South Africa these Black men are delicious eye candy!
    — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 9 Sep. 2019
  • As expected, first-round pick Fabian Lysell has been the eye candy of camp.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The custom pool and waterfall add to the eye candy in the already impressive living space.
    — Brianna Griff, Chron, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Even the old garage, a 1990s addition to the property, is eye candy.
    — Jarret Einck, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2021

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