How do you use Confectionery in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like sweet or job, plus the exact meaning.
Confectionery in a sentence
Confectionery meaning
- Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
- The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
- A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
Synonyms of Confectionery
Using Confectionery
- The main meaning on this page is: Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively. | The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner. | A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
- Useful related words include: sweet, line of work, job, business.
- In the example corpus, confectionery often appears in combinations such as: the confectionery, confectionery and, and confectionery.
Context around Confectionery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Confectionery
- In this selection, "confectionery" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, monkhill, tangerine, sugar, business, giant and foods stand out and add context to how "confectionery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2008 monkhill confectionery the own and a larger confectionery in zurich. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "confectionery" sits close to words such as abortive, adel and agonising, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with confectionery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But did we really need to know more about the confectionery king? (12 words)
Confectionery giant Mars-Wrigley has announced the roll-out of biodegradable Skittles packaging in the United States. (17 words)
It is known for its Dairy Milk chocolate, Creme Egg and Roses chocolates, and many other confectionery products. (18 words)
The company said directors were 'pleased with the overall performance of the business', adding that turnover from its core confectionery activity had 'increased by 15 per cent and returned to pre-pandemic levels despite high levels of competition'. (38 words)
Its director general Marco Forgione said: “From whisky to confectionery to cars to jewellery and clothing, the removal of tariffs will make our finest British products more readily available to consumers in the Indo-Pacific bloc. (36 words)
Halloween played a part in galvanising sales, with 3.2 million households buying at least one pumpkin, while spending on confectionery hit £525 million as sales of chocolates and sweets climbed by 13% and 7% respectively. (36 words)
But did we really need to know more about the confectionery king? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Production transferred to other plants in England and Poland. citation In 2008 Monkhill Confectionery, the Own Label trading division of Cadbury Trebor Bassett was sold to Tangerine Confectionery for £58 million cash.
A new panel on Oxford Street commemorates the Leicester grocer, Walter Richard Fox, who founded his confectionery business in the city nearly 150 years ago.
Confectionery giant Mars-Wrigley has announced the roll-out of biodegradable Skittles packaging in the United States.
For over a century, Thorntons has specialised in crafting high-quality chocolate, sweets, toffee, fudge and other confectionery including personalised items.
Its director general Marco Forgione said: “From whisky to confectionery to cars to jewellery and clothing, the removal of tariffs will make our finest British products more readily available to consumers in the Indo-Pacific bloc.
Lily’s Sweets was acquired, which sells a line of sugar-free and low-sugar confectionery foods to retailers and distributors in the U.S. and Canada.
The company said directors were 'pleased with the overall performance of the business', adding that turnover from its core confectionery activity had 'increased by 15 per cent and returned to pre-pandemic levels despite high levels of competition'.
The confectionery company has recalled three different Revels products due to the issue, which makes them unsafe to eat.
There are fundamental differences in the ways ice-cream and ice confectionery are manufactured, with each having nutritional pros and cons.
This led to us to create an exciting extension to the line, our dessert inspired Confectionery Protein 22 pots, which have recently appeared on supermarket shelves.
Aleksandr Yakovchits said: “The confectionery industry in our country is one of the largest ones from the point of view of how many enterprises operate in this sector of the economy.
But did we really need to know more about the confectionery king?
Dozens of others had left since March that year, when officials at Ashbury Confectionery announced plans to move the majority of the business to Corby.
Halloween played a part in galvanising sales, with 3.2 million households buying at least one pumpkin, while spending on confectionery hit £525 million as sales of chocolates and sweets climbed by 13% and 7% respectively.
Hershey’s product prices rose 6.5 per cent in the fourth quarter; prices for their confectionery chocolate and other candy products in North America rose 9 per cent in 2023.
It is known for its Dairy Milk chocolate, Creme Egg and Roses chocolates, and many other confectionery products.
Justin Alexander, who owns Marley's Confectionery, based in Buxhall, Suffolk, said a lorry hit a telegraph pole on 6 November, causing a loss in service.
Leading confectionery companies may see investors running scared after they have delivered negative returns so far in 2024, with many no doubt hoping for a Halloween boost to get them back on track.
The market for CBD products is growing rapidly as more states allow for better access to such as confectionery, vapes, oils, and tinctures.
Twelve years later, they opened a larger confectionery in Zurich’s Paradeplatz, one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in Switzerland.
Common combinations with confectionery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: