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How to use confetti in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Confetti means small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc.) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations. Example: “"Why, if you and Teresa, our own best man and maid of honor . . . oh, how wonderful that would be, to eat confetti at your wedding!"”

Examples of confetti by meaning

nounEdible Italian sugarcoated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.

  • "Why, if you and Teresa, our own best man and maid of honor . . . oh, how wonderful that would be, to eat confetti at your wedding!"1959, Loren Wahl, Lorenzo Madalena, Confetti for Gino
  • Emilio and Roberto had pooled their resources in money and had arranged with the cafe keeper for steaming thick chocolate, a slow-pouring syrup-like drink, the richest boccotoni, cream-filled heavy sfogliate, and almond confetti.1975, Garibaldi Marto Lapolla, The grand Gennaro, Ayer Co. Pub.
  • There were large trays with assorted pastries and colored almond confetti for a wedding, and he remembered with a pang that this very day was the wedding anniversary, the day Pino and Maria had married (so long ago!) in Rome.1986, Anne Paolucci, Sepia tones: seven short stories, Council on Natl Literature, →ISBN

More sentences with confetti

  • He can already smell the anthuria and imagine the confetti of butterfly wings on his cheeks.2008, Randall Peffer, Southern Seahawk: A Novel of the Civil War at Sea, Bleak House Books, →ISBN, page 204. From the entry anthurium
  • They passed undulating fields of wheat speckled with the confetti of poppies and bluets.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 232. From the entry bluet
  • I'll tell Pintsize to decock the confetti cannon."2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4255: We Know How It Is. From the entry decock
  • They are emptied periodically and the collected bits are used for confetti at weddings, parties, and other festive occasions.1964, Donald I. Cutler, chapter 6, in Introduction to Computer Programming, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, →OCLC, footnote 1, page…. From the entry bit bucket
  • “So, if we want to make an impulse promposal, we hold the door up, and ask him to go to prom, and then shoot the confetti gun.” “Simple.2023 May 14, Caroline Levich, “For Whom the Smell Tolls Adventure Part One)” (6:20 from the start), in The Great North, season 3, episode…. From the entry promposal
  • A white sea of confetti slowly filled the pitch, with each England player taking hold of the trophy on the stage swiftly erected in Suwon to kick-start the celebrations.2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian. From the entry aloft
  • Critics admire his power and restraint; Grobanites, as they're called, like the way their hearts slow-motion explode into pink butterfly candy confetti when he sings to them.2013 September, “[Initiate Grobanite Love Protocol]”, in Desert Companion, page 57. From the entry Grobanite

Meaning of confetti

  1. noun Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc.) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.
  2. noun Edible Italian sugarcoated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.
  3. verb To scatter with confetti.

Full definition of confetti

Questions about confetti in a sentence

How do you use confetti in a sentence?
Confetti is used as a noun and verb. For example: “"Why, if you and Teresa, our own best man and maid of honor . . . oh, how wonderful that would be, to eat confetti at your wedding!"”
What is a short sentence with confetti?
“I'll tell Pintsize to decock the confetti cannon."”
What does confetti mean?
Confetti means small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc.) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.

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