How to Use gumball in a Sentence

gumball

noun

• The versions might include something chunky, a ribbon of caramel, a layer of ganache on top, even a gumball at the bottom.
  — Bon Appétit, 19 Apr. 2022
• The SpongeBob popsicle no longer has gumball eyes Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
• The Bengals drafted the Hope Diamond and put him in a gumball machine for safe keeping.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2020
• Throughout the case, an attorney for the counties, Mark Lanier, used the analogy of a gumball machine.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2021
• To make these deceptively easy gumball machine eggs, cut off the bottom of a mini red plastic cup and glue the piece onto the top of an egg.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 13 Feb. 2023
• Up your selfie game in these metro Detroit shops, complete with flower walls, giant Slinkies, gumball machines and more.
  — Minnah Arshad, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2021
• Culhane's office was notorious for being located in one of the coldest parts of the building, Hines said, yet was a draw for its gumball machine filled with Peanut M&M's.
  — Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
• Arrive early to eat a build-your-own pizza (choose from three base sauces and almost 40 toppings) and try your hand at a round of ping-pong (paddles are provided, and balls are 25 cents from a gumball machine).
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• Everding, then 36, quickly retooled a former gumball machine into a joke dispenser and put it outside his home in Dortmund in the Ruhr River valley.
  — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
• As for why snowy owls tend to gather crowds more than, say, a sparrow, some credit their presence — gumball eyes and curious heads — or their personalities.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• Lushly painted cupcakes and gumball machines brought back memories of his idyllic past.
  — Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2021
• An emotional, high-concept, sci-fi action-comedy should hold together as well as a 150-foot-tall gumball machine in an earthquake.
  — Amy Nicholson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
• Outside on the property are a pool, a hot tub, viewing patios, a staircase to a 94-foot-wide beach, a dog run area and a new gumball breakwater wall along an adjacent north pier that helps keep the beach more stable despite fluctuating lake levels.
  — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
• For instance, his famous gumball machines operate as circles within a larger, transparent circle.
  — Erika Mailman, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2020
• This vintage gumball machine makes an incredible gift for anyone who loves collecting antiques, or—more likely—anyone with a playful personality.
  — Josh Grant, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2024