candy machine

Example Sentences

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I heard a reporter complain on Monday about losing money in the candy machine.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2022

At 16, he broke into the candy machine business, then did a stint in the Army and a year at City College of New York.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2021

Game of Thrones has long lived by the surprise, and it ended with a surprise, proving, in the process, what anyone who has ever used a 25-cent candy machine already knows: Some surprises are trifling.

From Slate • May 20, 2019

“Need you up front. The candy machine stole someone’s candy.”

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2017

Ear folded his ears as a small boy began to throw a temper tantrum by the candy machine.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer