How to Use lollipop in a Sentence

lollipop

noun
  • After pulling the claws out, fat lollipops of crab clung to the joints.
    Kendyl Kearly, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
  • Using a knife, carve a hole in the bottom of the lollipop shape for the stake.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The lollipops were found in a home in the Houston suburb.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, 14 June 2017
  • According to the caption, the kids had to be bribed with lollipops to stay still for the pic.
    refinery29.com, 22 May 2018
  • 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
  • Archie wore a red, white, and blue baseball cap and sucked on a lollipop.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 7 July 2022
  • Zollipops are lollipops that claim to be good for your teeth.
    Emily Price, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • Place one 1½-inch fondant round over lollipop and pinch to close.
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The lollipop that launched a thousand thinkpieces in 2019!
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
  • If making a spice paste, slather each lollipop with that.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Only right that he’s handed the award with a lollipop, too.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • All the quarterback has to do is throw a lollipop pass to him, then watch the kid drag a bunch of Lilliputians across the field.
    George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Kyle also held up two lollipops — one blue and one pink.
    Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Hard candies, like lollipops that children suck on, linger longer in the mouth.
    Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Dip about a half inch of the lollipop stick in the melted candy and stick halfway into the cake ball.
    Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • Sill posed with a lollipop in her mouth — her favorite way to be photographed.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Then it’s been rainbows and lollipops once the rest of America tuned in.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • 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
  • Pause for a second and look at that bacon lollipop: Dang.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Part of the virus’s RNA genome has to fold up into a lollipop-like shape in order for proteins to be made.
    Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Chupa Chups were not the first-ever lollipop by any stretch.
    Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 20 July 2017
  • With long black hair, a colorful dress, and a lollipop in the corner of her mouth, Shen doesn't look 74 years old.
    Kevin Schoenmakers, CNN, 26 June 2021
  • In the scene, Maren hands her a large lollipop welcoming her to Munchkinland.
    Amanda Jackson, CNN, 6 June 2018
  • Before the virus attacks, the spike protein looks like a lollipop, left, called the pre-fusion state.
    USA Today, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The girl radiates lightning bolts, lollipops, cat memes, and sweet tea—on stage and off.
    Stephanie Granada, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2015
  • To them, Marilyn Monroe is not the gal who always gets the sticky end of the lollipop and finds love anyway.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
  • That color, not the blonde, would become the signature shade for her fourth album, appearing in lollipop form on the cover.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 12 July 2024
  • Who doesn’t love an excuse to pop fun-size chocolate bars, candy corn, lollipops and other goodies into their mouth all day long?
    Andrea Kane, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024

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