eye candy

noun

|Updated on: 6 Jul 2018

Examples: eye candy in a Sentence

Definition of eye candy

: something superficially attractive to look at

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Examples of eye candy in a Sentence

A lot of the material on their Web site is just eye candy.
a fashionable portrait painter in his day, he is now regarded as a minor purveyor of eye candy

Recent Examples of eye candy from the Web

Period re-creation is also first rate and, for animal fans, there’s eye candy aplenty in the form of giraffes, lions, chimps, flamingos and, of course, one soulful elephant.

— gary goldstein, latimes.com, "A boy and his elephant charm in World War II-set drama 'Zoo'," 5 June 2018
Ori and the Will of the Wisps seems like more of the same game, but with a more ambitious world to explore, new movement options, better combat, and a whole lot of eye candy to ogle.

— hayden dingman, PCWorld, "Ori and the Will of the Wisps hands-on: Recapturing that magic feeling," 11 June 2018
For a heaping serving of eye candy, the new digs also boast one of the largest cactus gardens in the United States (Word to the wise: Don’t eat the cacti).

— matt villano, Sunset, "Top 10 Things to Do in Las Vegas with Kids," 22 Jan. 2018
In a game of split-second decision-making like that, hitting the 144 fps mark would be exceptional, but this is still great performance with tons of eye candy and no loss of action.

— stefan etienne, The Verge, "New gaming laptops haven’t solved the battery life problem," 30 May 2018
Brands are not the only culprits prioritizing digital eye candy at the expense of quieter, conventionally palatable clothes.

— jacob gallagher, WSJ, "Instagram Is Changing the Way Men Dress...for the Worse?," 30 May 2018
Eclectic eye candy adds to the warmth of the home, and serves as a reminder of a bygone era of farm life.

— mary wakeford, azcentral, "McDonalds embrace Glendale 'farm living within the city limits'," 24 May 2018
This is the definition of eye candy, the end product of a singularly creative mind.

— maria panaritis, Philly.com, "This Main Line shop is closing, and I'm worried for all of us | Maria Panaritis," 27 Apr. 2018
Abagnale famously impersonated a Pan Am pilot, and the film plays this up with plenty of vintage air travel eye candy.

— cnt editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "The 45 Best Travel Films of All Time," 11 May 2018

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