as in eye candy
something attractive but lacking in substance
the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of
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Recent Examples of cotton candy
At the end of the night, volunteers gave away a surplus of cotton candy.
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Notes of violet, pink pomelo, and cotton candy take this sugary fragrance to the next level, and shoppers say the scent is similar to that of Prada Candy and Byredo Sundazed.
—Julia Guerra, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2024
Rousso's Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick (by Isaac Rousso)
The Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick features a generous, 12-inch piece of bacon cooked to perfection and glazed with cotton candy.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Aug. 2024
The look was held together with a pink claw clip accessory that just so happened to perfectly match her cotton candy shade.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 18 July 2024
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Notes of violet, pink pomelo, and cotton candy take this sugary fragrance to the next level, and shoppers say the scent is similar to that of Prada Candy and Byredo Sundazed.
—Julia Guerra, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2024
Rousso's Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick (by Isaac Rousso)
The Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick features a generous, 12-inch piece of bacon cooked to perfection and glazed with cotton candy.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Aug. 2024
The look was held together with a pink claw clip accessory that just so happened to perfectly match her cotton candy shade.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 18 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for cotton candy
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“Cotton candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotton%20candy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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