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Example sentences for "popcorn"

Lexicographically close words:
poots; pootty; pooty; pop; popa; popedom; popes; popgun; popinjay; popinjays
  1. And I have prayed, whatever happened, it 'Ud eether be popcorn er death!

  2. The popcorn stitch] The popcorn pattern affords good practice for the different stitches explained before.

  3. The lemonade venders{sic} and the popcorn sellers were heard crying their wares.

  4. The popcorn man wheeled his glass wagon under the big cottonwood by the door, and lounged in the sun, sure of a good trade when the dancing was over.

  5. Even on the hottest afternoons the cottonwoods made a rustling shade, and the air smelled of popcorn and melted butter, and Bouncing Bets wilting in the sun.

  6. She took a few grains of the popcorn we pressed upon her, eating them discreetly and taking care not to get her fingers sticky.

  7. We had begun to roll popcorn balls with syrup when we heard a knock at the back door, and Tony dropped her spoon and went to open it.

  8. After the popcorn was nicely popped and placed in a large buttered saucepan Betsey cooked the molasses, sugar and butter until it was brittle when tried in cold water, poured it over the corn slowly and mixed thoroughly.

  9. Popcorn Candy Syrup, 1 cup Vinegar, 1 tablespoon Popped corn, 2 or 3 quarts Boil together the syrup and vinegar until syrup hardens when dropped in cold water.

  10. When the candy was boiling Betsey added the popcorn gradually, until all had been added that the syrup would cover, then stirred gently from the bottom until the sugar formed grains on the corn.

  11. Isadore could hardly talk for laughter; and he carried a good sized paper bag besides his share of the popcorn balls.

  12. He hurried back to the kitchen, too, poured the residue of the boiled molasses upon the popcorn and they made up the cornballs at once.

  13. The popcorn balls disappeared like magic and the stout girl kept worrying the others with questions about the taffy.

  14. I guess I’ll be some sweeter after I eat six popcorn balls,” observed Jimmy, disengaging himself.

  15. Say, Barb’ra, can I have two popcorn balls to take to school?

  16. But there might not be popcorn balls in heaven; Jimmy couldn’t be certain on that point; and, anyway, he concluded it was better to stay where Barbara was and grow up to be a man as soon as possible.

  17. She’s goin’ to make me some popcorn balls with the m’lasses.

  18. Take a popcorn ball, Nelson," said Sunny Boy's mother, as Nelson began to put on his coat and hat.

  19. Popcorn and our little dog Felix go fishing with us down in the woods.

  20. When we got home, Popcorn would be waiting for us on the front steps.

  21. When Felix has to be punished, he cries; then Popcorn runs up to him and licks his face, and we know she is sorry for him.

  22. The candle holders, with their short bits of candle, were distributed among the children, and the long strings of popcorn and sparkling tinsel, together with the cotton, were carefully stored away in a box for future use.

  23. You can substitute noodles for the dumplings, or add crackers, pretzels $ and some people have told me that even popcorn works.

  24. Whether joking over evening popcorn or sudsy dishwater, it was obvious that I was no guest, but a welcome member of the tribe.

  25. Instead of bread and pizza we had popcorn and homemade cookies.

  26. Feeling sick, followed by recuperation and health were as inseparably linked as popcorn and salt.

  27. Children shouted and scampered everywhere; gathered in fascinated groups about the ice-cream and candy and popcorn booths that sprang up at every corner; met arriving cousins and aunts at the train; ran on last-minute errands.

  28. George Carew, at Sidney's feet, solemnly wrapped sections of molasses popcorn in oiled paper, and passed them to the ladies.

  29. No, indeed, and a bag of popcorn besides!

  30. And he did lots of tricks and kept them all from crawling in under the tent, and he even ate a popcorn ball, standing on his hind legs, and wiggling his left ear with a pin-wheel on it.

  31. Upon his return, he found that the popcorn man, from his stand over in a corner, was keeping an eye upon the cashier's cage, and that nobody at all was attending to the wooden arm and the iron rings.

  32. The popcorn man, although associated long with Stimson, had never got over being dazed.

  33. Afterward the winner and the defeated players will equally enjoy eating the fluffy popcorn, or if the cook is particularly amiable they may be allowed to flock to the kitchen and make popcorn balls.

  34. You may provide a prize for the winner, if you like, but the only things that are absolutely necessary are the fire, some popcorn and a popper.

  35. After this is done, divide the popcorn evenly between them, so that each shall have a small quantity.

  36. Clay came over with a bag of popcorn for them, and Pearl told him the cause of her worry.

  37. If you give Lib Cavers one package of 'Long Tom' popcorn and one of gum for a present, it'll be all right.

  38. Besides, if you sting him for me I will give you a popcorn ball.

  39. Forty times he stretched his arms to show me how big one of these hams would be, and he said the best part was that this animal hardly ate anything at all but a little popcorn and a few peanuts.

  40. He said people would come from far and near and bring their little ones to buy our own peanuts and popcorn to feed our own elephants.

  41. They moved from cage to cage, stopping to toss popcorn balls to Dido, the dancing bear, and feed peanuts to Tum Tum, the jolly elephant, and to the friends of Mappo and some of the other merry monkeys.

  42. But some one might have given me a popcorn ball in my trunk at the same time, and that might have smelled so good that I wouldn't have noticed the rotten apple until too late.

  43. I have some popcorn and lollypops at home, and I know how children like those things.

  44. A cup of shelled popcorn was added and stirred briskly with a mixing spoon.

  45. For awhile, I couldn't look a sack of popcorn in the face!

  46. On the curb outside the restaurant stood a short little man, who was munching popcorn from a paper bag.


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "popcorn" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.