sugarplum

Example Sentences

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Here are just a few, all of which promise to create visions of sugarplums.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

While for many, the notion of protein automatically conjures images of meats and dairies dancing through your head like sugarplums, there are legions of people who get their protein intake from anything but those items.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

Your flavor options here are wide, but for the holidays, I’d hew toward the sugarplums already dancing in guests’ heads.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2019

“They come back with visions of sugarplums in their heads.”

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

The cook, perhaps, presiding over crumpets and sugarplums.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon