POPCORN in a Sentence

Learn POPCORN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for POPCORN, such as:

1. Depends on how much popcorn you want to make as to how much you should add.
2. She took a few grains of the popcorn we pressed upon her, eating them discreetly and taking care not to get her fingers sticky.
3. We hung it with the gingerbread animals, strings of popcorn, and bits of candle which Fuchs had fitted into pasteboard sockets.
4. 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.

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 Meanings and Examples of POPCORN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
popcorn
 n.  small kernels of corn exploded by heat
Classic Sentence:
1  The animal broke into a shambling trot, his breath panting and labored, and the wagon swayed forward with a jolt that threw them about like popcorn in a popper.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  We hung it with the gingerbread animals, strings of popcorn, and bits of candle which Fuchs had fitted into pasteboard sockets.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XI
3  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.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: IV
4  She took a few grains of the popcorn we pressed upon her, eating them discreetly and taking care not to get her fingers sticky.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: IV
5  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.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VIII
6  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.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VIII
Example Sentence:
1  Depends on how much popcorn you want to make as to how much you should add.