How to Use eye candy in a Sentence

eye candy

noun
  • A lot of the material on their website is just eye candy.
  • 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 team’s footage, far from eye candy, amounts to eye music.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The new eye candy is evident at a glance, but it’s not over the top.
    Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Cowboy hats, fringe jeans, and line dancing fill the screen, but the hair (oh the hair!) is the real star of the four minutes of eye candy.
    Laura Furr Mericas, Chron, 12 Dec. 2020
  • The tester’s optional 20-inch alloy wheels added to the eye candy.
    Al Haas, Philly.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • But statistics at this nascent of a stage are not even eye candy.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2019
  • 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
  • All the motions, shifts and tempo, all that is eye candy to put him in a position to beat you.
    al, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Check out nine pretty amazing things about the star, who’s far more than just eye candy.
    Essence, 23 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • The main function of NFL cheerleaders is to be eye candy.
    David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • But the movie’s bright colors and trappings of wealth offer some nice eye candy.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Even the old garage, a 1990s addition to the property, is eye candy.
    Jarret Einck, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2021
  • The man standing behind James is Sandro, and Sandro is the eye candy of the season.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2022
  • From Brazil to South Africa these Black men are delicious eye candy!
    Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 9 Sep. 2019
  • This isn’t to say that The Favourite is devoid of sartorial eye candy, far from it.
    Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Spring football in the NFL is usually just eye candy for fans who can’t wait for the real thing.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 1 June 2021
  • There’s certainly plenty of eye candy to keep one glued to their chair.
    Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 23 June 2023
  • 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
  • This is eye candy for the design buff, ideal for browsing on a cold winter’s day.
    Ann Landi, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • For a heaping serving of eye candy, the new digs also boast one of the largest cactus gardens in the United States (Word to the wise: Don’t eat the cacti).
    Matt Villano, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • As expected, first-round pick Fabian Lysell has been the eye candy of camp.
    BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The dialogue is snappy, the pop culture references would be overwhelming if that weren’t the point, and yes, the suits (in terms of the wardrobe) are pure eye candy.
    Rachel King, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The custom pool and waterfall add to the eye candy in the already impressive living space.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 16 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • But the play trades too heavily on the architectural eye candy of its turntable set, which moves from the swank living room to the state-of-the-art kitchen to the upstairs guest bedroom.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Goals, like the 61 delivered last season by David Pastrnak, are the game’s eye candy.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023

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