How to Use jelly bean in a Sentence

jelly bean

noun
  • There were four or five props, a few jelly beans for the kids.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 June 2024
  • Pipe dot of frosting on front tip of each head and add jelly bean nose.
    — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2018
  • After all, who wouldn’t want their nails to look like jelly beans?
    — Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Spin the wheel and then pick up the jelly bean that matches the same color.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Dress up the lamb with jelly bean eyes and a pretty ribbon around its neck.
    — Mary Meade, chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Once the paint is dry, hot glue the jelly beans to the front of the letter and let the glue dry.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Instead of a wreath, hang a fun jelly bean monogram on your front door for spring.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Pour through strainer into a coupe glass and garnish with a few jelly beans.
    — Emily Price, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Pipe snowman heads and use mini chocolate chips for eyes and jelly beans for noses.
    — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 29 Nov. 2018
  • Some 15 billion jelly beans are eaten each year.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
  • One user took it a step further by adding jelly beans for an Easter treat.
    — Hollyanna McCollom, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Despite the name, Jelly Beam is not a primer filled with jelly beans.
    — Sarah Wu, Teen Vogue, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Thomas said games included a scavenger hunt, pond game, jelly bean count guess, egg spoon race, ring toss and bean bag toss.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • There were people to asked to count the number of bubbles in a bar of soap, the number of jelly beans in a jar.
    — CBS News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The centrifugal force alone would reduce him to the size of a soggy jelly bean inside that suit.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2012
  • As for that fuzzy fella who’s got a seemingly endless supply of jelly beans?
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Anna’s normally brood two to three times a year, each time producing two tiny eggs about the size of jelly beans.
    — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • During Valentine's Day, jelly beans take on the shape of cute, chubby hearts.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Roughly 15 billion jelly beans are eaten each year.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The entire contents created a pool of oil substantial enough to deep-fry a jelly bean.
    — Washington Post, 29 July 2021
  • Chews, also known as super beans, have a hard outside shell and soft gel middle similar to a jelly bean.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That tension between sweet and savory is what splits jelly bean fans into opposing camps.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Jamison also told us that Jelly Bellies were the first jelly beans in space.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2017
  • The crowd was asked not to cheer or applaud to avoid scaring the child, who was given a jelly bean, the station reported.
    — Justin Spike, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
  • That's enough jelly beans to circle the globe not once, not twice, but three times — or to fill a plastic egg the size of a nine-story building.
    — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Remove from oven; carefully press 5 jelly bean halves, cut sides down, into each cookie.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The scents in this five-pack are jelly bean, sour apple, bubble gum, tutti frutti, and cotton candy.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Americans eat 15 billion jelly beans each year.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
  • There's always a giant chocolate bunny, some chocolates in the shape of carrots, and jelly beans.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2018
  • But that doesn't mean that those Easter baskets have to be filled with nothing but chocolate and jelly beans, either.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 15 Feb. 2023

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