How to Use gumdrop in a Sentence

gumdrop

noun
  • Opals come in gumdrop red, kitten-nose pink.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Not quite a fruit snack and not quite a gumdrop, the sugary oval-shape treats have an appeal all their own.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Remove some of the flour mixture and mix with the nuts and the gumdrops to keep them from sticking together.
    — Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2017
  • For the flocked gumdrop effect, go in with a silver or white highlighter next, blending it along the cheekbones.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • What was hard and astringent turns lush, spoonable, and gumdrop-like—ready for desserts, jams, stews, or to be savored on its own.
    — Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Spread on top with lemon-cream cheese frosting, and garnished with gumdrop rose petals and fresh mint leaves, this cake will look almost too pretty to eat.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
  • There are a couple of a rock ‘n’ roll interludes at the bar, and these scenes do a good job of breaking up the gumdrop fatalism.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
  • In a gingerbread house, deep within the yummy gummy gumdrop forest.
    — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The ground was carpeted by wild thyme, with purple flowers the size of a gumdrop nestled among tender flavorful leaves.
    — Peter Kaminsky, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Build bottle rockets, a gumdrop dome, balloon cars, fluffy slime, chocolate asphalt, marker robots and more.
    — Jennifer Boehm, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Vernon did much more than just voice the gumdrop-button-sporting Gingerbread Man.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
  • There is an undeniable power to walking into any room and leaving a gumdrop trail of your aura behind.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Looking like the lovechild of an alien life form and a gumdrop, the genus Thismia (commonly known as fairy lanterns) is one of the plant world’s stranger creations.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Although opaque, there's an almost translucent, gumdrop-like vibe to them, giving them a juicy, casual, yet elegant feel.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Maxwell stuck to traditional menswear silhouettes with his suits and blazers, but tailored each piece in colors as tempting as gumdrops.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Arushi said, explaining that the posters advertise activities such as making slime and building things with toothpicks and gumdrops.
    — Elaine Rooker Jack, The Courier-Journal, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Instead of shouting an Italian insult, Pearl's Doody called a football player a gumdrop.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
  • The whimsical Lily stool, meanwhile, was inspired by a gumdrop—Siriano’s favorite childhood candy.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 7 May 2021
  • Slimane chooses models that mimic the beanpole physique from back in the day when serving sizes were smaller, working out was not part of a wellness routine and amphetamines were popped like gumdrops.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2020
  • There are questions as to whether Republicans would have embraced the CBO had the report been nothing but gumdrops and rainbows.
    — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 25 May 2017
  • And like the soft center of its confectionary cousin the gumdrop (also part of the class of candies called jellies), it is made of sugar, flavors, water and some form of thickener, such as gelatin, gum Arabic, or starch.
    — D. Lawrence Tarazano, Smithsonian, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Having said that, McCarthy’s résumé isn’t just filled with sunshine and gumdrops, as there are numerous negatives to go with considerable positives.
    — John Owning, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2020
  • An idyllic three-story building with crystal sugar snow, marshmallow snowmen, and gumdrop twinkle lights can quickly end in a collapsed mess, sending icing windows and candy cane gates into disarray.
    — Catherine Hu, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2014
  • Also, throughout December the Estancia will enable guests to drop off letters for Santa Claus and guess the number of gumdrops in the lobby for a chance to win a free stay at the hotel.
    — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Also, throughout December the Estancia will enable guests to drop off letters for Santa Claus and guess the number of gumdrops in the lobby for a chance to win a free stay at the hotel.
    — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The United States loves a good holiday, and depending on how detailed a calendar one keeps, there are daily opportunities to celebrate everything from gumdrops to argyle.
    — Kim Kelly, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2020
  • View Photos Chassis Though this concept-car body could well be fixed atop a chassis made of pretzels and gumdrops, the production car’s underpinnings will be shared with Toyota in the companies’ joint sports-car venture.
    — James Tate, Car and Driver, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Six infrared emitters in the Caddy’s steering wheel rim illuminate the driver’s face, allowing the gumdrop-size camera atop the steering column to monitor facial position, eyelid movements, and the focal point of the driver’s pupils.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Since the Austin test in 2016, the Waymo vehicle has evolved from a gumdrop-like looking car into a Chrysler Pacifica minivan that looks pretty normal, save for a dome on the roof about the size of an old-style police cruiser’s flashing light.
    — Ashley Halsey Iii, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017

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