Thesaurus results for COTTON CANDIES

cotton candy

noun

as in eye candy

something attractive but lacking in substance the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of

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Recent Examples of cotton candy The dimensional blonde paired with Megan's sweet-meets-sexy yellow polka dot outfit conjures up visions of patio happy hours, hanging out by the pool, or hitting up your local amusement park or county fair for some cotton candy and a spin around the ferris wheel. —

Kara Nesvig, Allure, 23 Feb. 2026 But this was the hoops equivalent of cotton candy – pleasing for a moment, but without much substance. —

Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026 Or, to put it another way, The Perfect Couple is a bit like cotton candy—delicious and then gone. —

Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026 Give polka dots a Valentine’s Day-ready spin with a cotton candy color palette. —

Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cotton candy

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Noun

Meanwhile theater enthusiasts flock to Round House, and fans of the visual arts find plenty of eye candy in the city’s Arts & Entertainment District, with its galleries and public art.

— Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2026
But in these images Uranus’s rings and clouds are mostly just eye candy, says Heidi Hammel, a JWST interdisciplinary scientist at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, who was not involved with the work.

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026