How to Use lollipop in a Sentence

lollipop

noun
  • This is more than a lollipop-sized cake pop.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But the lollipop is where the line was drawn.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • Zollipops are lollipops that claim to be good for your teeth.
    — Emily Price, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2017
  • After pulling the claws out, fat lollipops of crab clung to the joints.
    — Kendyl Kearly, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
  • Archie wore a red, white, and blue baseball cap and sucked on a lollipop.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 7 July 2022
  • Not all was sunshine and lollipops.
    — Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Place one 1½-inch fondant round over lollipop and pinch to close.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Bill in a little boy sailor suit with a big lollipop and a balloon.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Spray or rub coconut oil on the lamb and dip each lollipop into the spice mix.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Using a knife, carve a hole in the bottom of the lollipop shape for the stake.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Sill posed with a lollipop in her mouth — her favorite way to be photographed.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Hard candies, like lollipops that children suck on, linger longer in the mouth.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Fallon said while biting down on the lollipop.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Madding started off baking cake-pops, small and iced cake spheres on lollipop sticks.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Cut through the meat tendons and sinews and then press the meat down firmly to form a lollipop.
    — Allie Morris, ExpressNews.com, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Zollipops, a lollipop that’s billed as good for your teeth, will be sold at area Kroger stores.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2017
  • The judges also love her apple biscuits and meringues that look like lollipops.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • According to the caption, the kids had to be bribed with lollipops to stay still for the pic.
    — refinery29.com, 22 May 2018
  • Take a lollipop from my assistant.
    — Cora Frazier, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The girl radiates lightning bolts, lollipops, cat memes, and sweet tea—on stage and off.
    — Stephanie Granada, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2015
  • This vegan lollipop doesn’t just taste like pure meatballs.
    — Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Zebras, warthogs, antelopes with horns that looked like long, twisted lollipops.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Kids fished lollipops out of rain puddles and waved back at the dozens of people that drove by them on the parade route.
    — Hunter Woodall, kansascity.com, 4 July 2017
  • The lollipop stick becomes a deadly shiv as Neeson rips them apart.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Then it’s been rainbows and lollipops once the rest of America tuned in.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • And there are also lamb lollipops in a mint vinaigrette and pressed pork belly in a chipotle glaze.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Ilsong’s got the sizzle part down, but the beef left a lollipop aftertaste.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2018
  • Otherwise, Sam, the creepy trick-or-treater with a bag for a mask and a sharp lollipop, will get you.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Spend $8 for classic cocktails, select wines-by-the-glass, or snacks such as lollipop lamb chops.
    — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Before the virus attacks, the spike protein looks like a lollipop, left, called the pre-fusion state.
    — USA Today, 5 Mar. 2021

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