candy machine

Example Sentences

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A few scenes later, a pelican switches on a cotton candy machine with its bill, sending hot sugar whirring through the air — seriously — and I nearly applauded in delight.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

One outpost even included a bouncy castle and cotton candy machine.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022

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

We would hunt for snakes and pour our week’s allotment of quarters into the candy machine or Congorilla, a Donkey Kong knockoff in the game room.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2016

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