Explore Taffy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like candy or confect. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Taffy in a sentence
Taffy meaning
- A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter.
- Flattery.
- Welsh person.
Using Taffy
- The main meaning on this page is: A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter. | Flattery. | Welsh person.
- Useful related words include: candy, confect.
- In the example corpus, taffy often appears in combinations such as: saltwater taffy, like taffy, taffy to.
Context around Taffy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Taffy
- In this selection, "taffy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, saltwater, brother, fresh, lil, spinning and opponents stand out and add context to how "taffy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and needs taffy to buy and and saltwater taffy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "taffy" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with taffy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His have a tendency to show him thick as a brick, stretching credulity like taffy. (15 words)
That is until his brother decides to switch gears and needs Taffy to buy him out. (16 words)
After moving to Wisconsin, Rosemary worked as a clerk at the former Taffy’s Hallmark in Merrill. (17 words)
And when the Duck Race is over, go get a cookie or ice cream or taffy in town, and walk around Lake Estes wearing your Duck Race vest with some of the other volunteers, reminiscing about how much fun it was. (41 words)
TAFFY’s president said in the short time they’ve been around, they have had situations where they were called to the hospital to be with people in crisis because they didn’t have anywhere else to turn. (38 words)
A Scotsman may be nicknamed 'Jock', an Irishman 'Paddy' (alluding to St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland) or 'Mick' (alluding to the preponderance of Roman Catholicism in Ireland), and a Welshman may be nicknamed 'Taffy'. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
And when the Duck Race is over, go get a cookie or ice cream or taffy in town, and walk around Lake Estes wearing your Duck Race vest with some of the other volunteers, reminiscing about how much fun it was.
George owns and operates Boyles’ Barbecue, a popular family-run joint in Texas, with his brother, Taffy (Lil Rel Howery).
If the fresh taffy spinning in the window gets your mouthwatering, just wait until you try some of the melt-in-your-mouth flavors like salted caramel, vanilla, and molasses.
In the midst of Zimbabwe’s intricate political landscape, Taffy The Man’s post touched upon the challenges faced by Zimbabwean artists.
TAFFY’s president said in the short time they’ve been around, they have had situations where they were called to the hospital to be with people in crisis because they didn’t have anywhere else to turn.
Take a leisurely stroll along the famous Ocean City Boardwalk, where you can enjoy or with amusement rides, arcades, and delectable treats such as funnel cakes and saltwater taffy.
That is until his brother decides to switch gears and needs Taffy to buy him out.
The good news keeps rolling in for the reviving playoff hopes for the team as they have a mostly Candy Land schedule up ahead paved with marshmallows and saltwater taffy opponents.
After moving to Wisconsin, Rosemary worked as a clerk at the former Taffy’s Hallmark in Merrill.
Aromas of minestrone and mocha and melted hot chocolate; red cherries and salt water taffy and toffee.
Contestants were given a piece of taffy without looking at it, and had to guess what flavor it was.
Her mother (Taffy) might also be pregnant, but we can't trap her until we have a vet appointment- probably a week or so from now.
Now, there are products on the market, in the same flavors and colors as taffy, that deliver 4000 puffs per product.
Balvin is a sweetly elegiac singer — see especially “Azul,” where he stretches out soft vowels like taffy — but his rapping is largely blank.
His have a tendency to show him thick as a brick, stretching credulity like taffy.
Headlights might unfold their beams across the ground, stretching your shadow like taffy until the car passes and the night swallows the road.
It has nothing to do with saltwater taffy or fried hot dogs, but there’s a new Sleater-Kinney song, “,” produced by St. Vincent.
Meghan gave her taffy to a nine-year-old girl, Elodie-Rose Duguy-Inegbese, from Shippagan, New Brunswick, who had only eaten two.
Each kit contains a variety pack of candy, ranging from lollipops, taffy, hard candy, bubble gum and chocolate.
A Scotsman may be nicknamed 'Jock', an Irishman 'Paddy' (alluding to St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland) or 'Mick' (alluding to the preponderance of Roman Catholicism in Ireland), and a Welshman may be nicknamed 'Taffy'.
Common combinations with taffy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- saltwater taffy 3×
- like taffy 3×
- taffy to 2×
- of taffy 2×
- taffy that 2×