How to Use gumball in a Sentence

gumball

noun
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  • It’s finished in a gleaming coat of Ferrari’s trademark Rosso Corsa and has a white racing gumball adorned with the number 81.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The versions might include something chunky, a ribbon of caramel, a layer of ganache on top, even a gumball at the bottom.
    — Bon Appétit, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The SpongeBob popsicle no longer has gumball eyes Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
  • The Bengals drafted the Hope Diamond and put him in a gumball machine for safe keeping.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Throughout the case, an attorney for the counties, Mark Lanier, used the analogy of a gumball machine.
    — John Caniglia, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2021
  • To make these deceptively easy gumball machine eggs, cut off the bottom of a mini red plastic cup and glue the piece onto the top of an egg.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Up your selfie game in these metro Detroit shops, complete with flower walls, giant Slinkies, gumball machines and more.
    — Minnah Arshad, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2021
  • Culhane's office was notorious for being located in one of the coldest parts of the building, Hines said, yet was a draw for its gumball machine filled with Peanut M&M's.
    — Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
  • This particular example—which is finished in silver with white racing gumballs—was the first to claim victory, at the 1954 French Grand Prix.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Arrive early to eat a build-your-own pizza (choose from three base sauces and almost 40 toppings) and try your hand at a round of ping-pong (paddles are provided, and balls are 25 cents from a gumball machine).
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Everding, then 36, quickly retooled a former gumball machine into a joke dispenser and put it outside his home in Dortmund in the Ruhr River valley.
    — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
  • As for why snowy owls tend to gather crowds more than, say, a sparrow, some credit their presence — gumball eyes and curious heads — or their personalities.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Lushly painted cupcakes and gumball machines brought back memories of his idyllic past.
    — Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2021
  • An emotional, high-concept, sci-fi action-comedy should hold together as well as a 150-foot-tall gumball machine in an earthquake.
    — Amy Nicholson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Outside on the property are a pool, a hot tub, viewing patios, a staircase to a 94-foot-wide beach, a dog run area and a new gumball breakwater wall along an adjacent north pier that helps keep the beach more stable despite fluctuating lake levels.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • For instance, his famous gumball machines operate as circles within a larger, transparent circle.
    — Erika Mailman, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2020
  • This vintage gumball machine makes an incredible gift for anyone who loves collecting antiques, or—more likely—anyone with a playful personality.
    — Josh Grant, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2020

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