Examples of jelly bean in a Sentence
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Pour through strainer into a coupe glass and garnish with a few jelly beans.
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Emily Price, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Room Essentials Figural Flower Snack Bowl Your candy eggs, jelly beans, or marshmallow Peeps need a festive home, and this blooming flower bowl is it.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
The scents in this five-pack are jelly bean, sour apple, bubble gum, tutti frutti, and cotton candy.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 18 Mar. 2024
Room Essentials Figural Flower Snack Bowl Buy on Target $3
Your candy eggs, jelly beans, or marshmallow Peeps need a festive home, and this blooming flower bowl is it.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
As for that fuzzy fella who’s got a seemingly endless supply of jelly beans?
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 16 Mar. 2024
Kids received two jelly beans and a cup of limeade.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
The few attractions on offer at Willy’s Chocolate Experience included a bouncy castle and tables serving jelly beans and lemonade, according to Archibald and Sinclair.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Chocolate easter eggs, marshmallow treats, and jelly beans are just some of the most common Easter basket gifts.
—Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
Emily Price, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Room Essentials Figural Flower Snack Bowl Your candy eggs, jelly beans, or marshmallow Peeps need a festive home, and this blooming flower bowl is it.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
The scents in this five-pack are jelly bean, sour apple, bubble gum, tutti frutti, and cotton candy.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 18 Mar. 2024
Room Essentials Figural Flower Snack Bowl Buy on Target $3
Your candy eggs, jelly beans, or marshmallow Peeps need a festive home, and this blooming flower bowl is it.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
As for that fuzzy fella who’s got a seemingly endless supply of jelly beans?
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 16 Mar. 2024
Kids received two jelly beans and a cup of limeade.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
The few attractions on offer at Willy’s Chocolate Experience included a bouncy castle and tables serving jelly beans and lemonade, according to Archibald and Sinclair.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Chocolate easter eggs, marshmallow treats, and jelly beans are just some of the most common Easter basket gifts.
—Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1886, in the meaning defined above
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jelly bean
noun
: a sugar-glazed bean-shaped candy
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