How to Use confection in a Sentence

confection

noun
  • The kitchen simply plunges a soft-serve, goat milk ice cream cone into the confection, made with leftover rolls called hops.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 19 June 2019
  • The celebrity chef’s go-to Christmas confection is buche de Noël, a traditional yule log cake.
    Erin Clements, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Three Chiefs pulls off the miraculous feat of turning confections into beer, producing taste-alike riffs on baked goods from banana bread to crème brûlée.
    David Klein, latimes.com, 10 June 2019
  • Fill your cart with some of our favorite finds, like this serving tray, that will elevate any tablescape, or this cake stand to display your favorite holiday confection.
    Jen Cason, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
  • There’s also a problem on the booze level with Christiaan, who makes his cake with a Dutch confection called advocaat.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Each branch serves confections handmade in Paris by a team of 40, who use milk, butter, eggs, and nuts from small farms and suppliers across France.
    Vivian Song, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Or put together this blueberry-nectarine confection Maya Wilson came up with.
    Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2019
  • The hot pink tulle confection was designed as a strapless mullet dress—with a mini skirt in the front to show off her long model legs and a flowing train behind her, and a cinching bow belt at the waist.
    Chrissy Rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 May 2019
  • Gaga does her thing up and down the stairs, Maxwell takes off the black dress, and underneath is another strapless number, this time a slinky bright pink confection that reached to the floor.
    Jihan Forbes, Allure, 6 May 2019
  • Or maybe our confections are tokens of appreciation for the nostalgia these tiny Halloween-goers bring.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The Haute Couture confection was made of a large spiral of sun ray pleated sheer tulle ruffles, and featured an asymmetrical hem and halter neckline.
    Chrissy Rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 May 2019
  • Who knew there are actual ruby cocoa beans in Ecuador, Brazil and the Ivory Coast, that remain pink when processed into confections?
    Pat Lenhoff, Lake County News-Sun, 12 June 2019
  • Karlie Kloss's simplistic interpretation of the camp-themed dress code didn't satisfy Twitter's thirst for over-the-top confections.
    Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 May 2019
  • And so out came the confections in many petal shades and shapes.
    Blue Carreon, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Two weeks later, the city was crazy over the confection.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Fans seemed to agree with Hudson and gushed over the dreamy confection in the comments.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • First, there’s a sourness at the heart of Beane’s confection.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2021
  • As for Lively's frothy confection of a gown, there's a lot to love.
    Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Dan Levy took the party’s theme to the extreme in a blue confection from Loewe.
    Leanne Italie, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Dan Levy took the party's theme to the extreme in a blue confection from Loewe.
    Leanne Italie, Chron, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The kids are excited to try the new confection, but all the local stores are sold out.
    Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The pits in the cherries add a subtle almond flavor to the confection when baked.
    Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • The confection, made of corn mousse, crema, cake and cookie, is designed to look like corn on the cob.
    Joyce Koh, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • There was a bowl of the vile confection on his countertop.
    Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
  • The mansion at 991 Fifth Avenue is a confection of its era.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2021
  • It’s the perfect confection for those among us who simply don’t want to choose just one dessert.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Be sure to stop by the iconic Cafe du Monde for their signature take on the sweet and fluffy fried confection.
    Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Skip the basic box of chocolates this year and go for a more dazzling confection.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Ditch the white wedding gown in favor of a soft pink or a baby blue confection.
    Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 7 June 2022

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