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How to use gummy in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective, noun

Gummy means showing the gums. Example: “I opened the fridge to take out my lunch and gave her a gummy.”

Examples of gummy by meaning

adjectiveShowing the gums.

  • a gummy grin

nounA gummi candy.

  • I opened the fridge to take out my lunch and gave her a gummy.c 2011, Gabrielle Tan, Different Colour Can Mix True or False?
  • Cristina hands him a gummy but holds tight to her cupcake, for she's still working on it, and doesn't want to set it free yet.2010, Linda A. Dixon, Cupcakes for Cristina!

More sentences with gummy

  • A type of sea cucumber, this gummy squirrel looks frighteningly similar to a banana.2022 August 2, Jennifer Nalewicki, “'Gummy squirrel' found in deep-sea abyss looks like a stretchy half-peeled banana”, in Live Science…. From the entry gummy squirrel
  • Many gummy sharks are caught off the surf beaches every season.2008, Rex Hunt, Fishing Guide to Melbourne and Surrounds, page 77. From the entry gummy shark
  • Sweet-sour, gummy, but stuff that made you want to eat on and on.1951, Negley Farson, chapter XI, in Caucasian Journey, London: Evans Brothers Limited, published 1952, →OCLC, page 118. From the entry maizebread
  • Early as it was, its first victim struggled in its gummy meshes.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry cobweb
  • The gummy squirrel is about two feet long—large for a sea cucumber, which is typically four to 12 inches in length.2024 July 12, Robyn Stegman, “What is a Gummy Squirrel?: Discover the deep-sea darling stealing our (candy) hearts”, in Ocean Conservancy…. From the entry gummy squirrel
  • She had a posterior gummy smile; upper teeth were nonconsonant with the lower lip curve together with lower incisor exposure.2019, Ravindra Nanda, Flavio Andres Uribe, Sumit Yadav, Temporary Anchorage Devices in Orthodontics E-Book, page 173. From the entry nonconsonant
  • Then he smiled a lovely gummy, porridgy smile at her.2006, Imogen Parker, “July 1961”, in The Time of Our Lives, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 232. From the entry porridgy
  • They are built from a different kind of lava, much gummier than that of the free-flowing tholeiitic basalt.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 52. From the entry tholeiitic
  • Desserts such as nesselrode pie, incredibly sweet and sticky rice pudding and gummy cheesecake are beneath serious criticism.1979 June 15, “Restaurants”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original…. From the entry nesselrode
  • It is never stiff and never gummy.1975, Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker, The Joy of Cooking, 5th revision. From the entry jelly
  • A year and a half later, Mark, a father of two in his early 40s, ran his first-ever marathon — consuming a couple of gummies along the way.2025 April 19, Elizabeth Hlavinka, “Couch potatoes no more: Stoners are using cannabis to help them exercise and reach a “runner’s high””…. From the entry gummi

Meaning of gummy

  1. adjective Showing the gums.
  2. noun A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.
  3. adjective Resembling gum (the substance).

Full definition of gummy

Questions about gummy in a sentence

How do you use gummy in a sentence?
Gummy is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “I opened the fridge to take out my lunch and gave her a gummy.”
What is a short sentence with gummy?
“a gummy grin”
What does gummy mean?
Gummy means showing the gums.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gummy (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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