confetti

Example Sentences

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“I opened it up. I saw the confetti but didn’t realize what it meant until I got a couple lines down,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

After 90 minutes, it was the familiar sight of Chelsea lifting the cup, Blues fans celebrating in the stands and Lucy Bronze playing with gold confetti.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

You’ll encounter a kind of linguistic confetti: cakey, fudgy, moist, dense, rich, gooey, chewy.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

On a recent winter night, frost sparkled in the air like cold confetti and a warm glow spilled from the small windows of a tavern in the one-stoplight village of Sergeantsville, N.J.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Handfuls of them in all sizes lay on the table already, scattered across it like confetti.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng