confetti

Example Sentences

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“It’s hard to give the boosters a return on investment like they enjoy,” Kyle Church, Michigan’s general manager, said after maize-and-blue confetti fell from the rafters of Lucas Oil Stadium late Monday night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

It was unclear whether Gosling also ordered up the marching band that played backup, but Fallon wound up crediting him for the whole deal, which we assume included the, um, confetti cannon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

The auction result was "absolutely insane", Paul said on a YouTube live stream as confetti fell.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

The old man who’d given up his seat saw us noticing and said, in English, “Amsterdam’s spring snow. The iepen throw confetti to greet the spring.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green