Examples of candy striper in a Sentence
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Big needs heart surgery (insert metaphor of your choice here), prompting Carrie to have an emotional breakdown and dress up like a candy striper to visit him.
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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2024
In hospitals, candy stripers are selfless volunteers.
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Lesley Evans Ogden,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2023
Before becoming a full-time hair aesthetician, Ahmad went to nursing school for a few years, worked as a candy striper at Mercy Hospital in Miami and spent a year working at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
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Ana Faguy,
baltimoresun.com,
31 Aug. 2020
Copeland volunteered as a child, in the community, in school and as a candy striper in a hospital.
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cleveland.com,
30 June 2019
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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2024
In hospitals, candy stripers are selfless volunteers.
—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2023
Before becoming a full-time hair aesthetician, Ahmad went to nursing school for a few years, worked as a candy striper at Mercy Hospital in Miami and spent a year working at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
—
Ana Faguy,
baltimoresun.com,
31 Aug. 2020
Copeland volunteered as a child, in the community, in school and as a candy striper in a hospital.
—
cleveland.com,
30 June 2019
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“Candy striper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/candy%20striper. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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candy striper
noun
can·dy strip·er
ˈkan-dē-ˌstrī-pər 
: a usually teenage volunteer worker at a hospital
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