confetti
noun
Examples of confetti in a Sentence
Sunset Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
But there is a sequence within the scene that serves, to me, as a thesis both for fandom and for its inevitable heartbreak: a montage showing Sunderland players collapsed on the pitch while confetti falls around them.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2024
Seeing blue-and-white confetti floating through the air, tears started rolling down Marcus’ face.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The players then dumped confetti on their retiring coach.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
Travis Kelce can pop the question to Swift on the field as confetti rains down upon them.
—Doug McIntyre, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
The room was modestly decorated: purple and white balloons on the ground, gold confetti over fold-out tables covered in purple plastic tablecloths.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Pink confetti shot out from a machine in front of the podium as the bell rang.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
Fielding these annual questions is like standing in front of a confetti bomb.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
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confetti
noun
from Italian confetti, plural of confetto "a little candy or bonbon"; so named because the paper bits were originally imitations of the candies thrown at festivals
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