Liquor alternative, in verse

Usage examples of candy.

The on-screen image showed her bag of corn chips on the counter--beyond it and her own image Andi could see down the candy isle to the window and the intersection beyond.

Brutus, the evil striped cat, stalked angrily around his feet while Candy, the tortoiseshell, cried piteously, and Ashcan tried to climb his legs.

By the time bees on both sides of the candy plug had eaten through it, the workers of the hive would have gotten used to the smell of the new queen.

With a cakey dryness about the lips, the sweetness of cotton candy filming her teeth, numb to cacophony and in her element, little Linds saw out of the corner of her eye a switched-on filament of stilted brilliance in the no-color sky, heard mobbed shrieks out of tenor with the cries of thrillseekers.

Lou Calabrese, not Candy Sparks, cheerleading captain and star of every musical Bay Haven Central put on, or Amber Castiglione, homecoming queen and possessor of a professionally done portfolio of modeling headshots.

But far more often, the mention of candy triggers long, enthusiastic exchanges about top candies, addictions and repulsions, flavors and habits.

When I got tired of the sugary candies in our bags, I switched to chocolate, then back again.

We considered saving all the purples of all the candies into one big purple collection, but it was clear to both of us that I would just eat it in a single day regardless.

People are passionate about candies that have disappeared, like the Marathon bar, even though its British twin, the Curly Wurly, is allegedly a fine substitute.

Many of the candies I exalt are unique combinations of texture and sweetness, with flavor as an afterthought.

As with jumbo conversation hearts, the larger size gave the candies a tenderness that was lacking in the taut, small version.

I knew the candies were a miserable little representation of sorrow, not genuine attachment.

Every Halloween she laboriously composed bags of assorted candies, tied with orange ribbons.

It was hand-priced, and novelty candies huddled brightly next to gourmet selections.

I was fond of the shops where you could fill a bag with assorted candies by the pound.