candy machine

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Aug. 18, 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

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

“I hear someone operating a candy machine in the subway,” said Ear.

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