(v. t.) To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.
(v. t.) To construct; to form; to mingle or mix.
(n.) A comfit; a confection.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here's a certainty: When you play out your personal dramas, hurt and self-interest in the media, it's a confection.
(2) This 90s pop confection had torn tights, a sulky attitude and high regard for Quentin Tarantino.
(3) Quite often, when the media reports a coalition "row" between the Tories and the Lib Dems, it has been confected by one or both of them because someone thinks it suits them to be seen on opposing sides of an issue.
(4) Apart from the confected row about the renewal of Trident , the two main parties seem curiously indifferent to what is going on beyond Britain’s shores, unless it involves immigration.
(5) There are palatial piles, puffed up confections of domes and turrets, alongside low-slung sheds, streamlined intersecting planes oozing the free flow of democracy.
(6) It is surely one of the intellectual catastrophes of history that an imperialist war confected by a small group of unelected US officials was waged against a devastated third world dictatorship on thoroughly ideological grounds having to do with world dominance, security control and scarce resources, but disguised for its true intent, hastened and reasoned for by orientalists who betrayed their calling as scholars.
(7) MIA emerged on the music scene in the mid-2000s, the perfect antidote to confection pop.
(8) Such metaphysical questions underlie the confection of her plot.
(9) In view of the considerable sales success of sugarless confections, accounting for over an estimated 30,000,000 lbs.
(10) On the other hand, the mutagen-negative diet was significantly frequent in fresh vegetables, cooked potatoes, cooked carrots, milk, bean curd, devils' tongue and confections.
(11) Fifty monkeys were fed SMA, a formula designed for human infants (9% protein, 43% carbohydrate, and 48% fat); 46 were fed one of three laboratory-confected diets varying in the amount of protein and carbohydrates provided.
(12) In 1987’s No Way Out, she glints brilliantly in a Hitchcocky confection.
(13) The results confirmed that Lycasin would be preferred to sucrose as a sweetener for confections and medicines, although some softening of enamel by Lycasin was evident when compared to the saline controls.
(14) Andy Burnham , Caroline Flint – sensible Labour falls over itself to show who is the most realistic, where realism stands for accepting without question a vision of the country confected by their opponents.
(15) Most that claimed "Jeremy thinks" and "Jeremy is furious with Vince" turned out to be – so Hunt insisted – exaggerated by Michel or mere recycled titbits confected by Smith to feed the News Corp beast.
(16) Whether this highly aerated, minimally nutritious confection was actually invented in the United States or here remains fiercely contested, though sadly the myth that Margaret Thatcher was involved in its creation while working as a research chemist at the food conglomerate J Lyons & Co has been fairly thoroughly debunked.
(17) Apart from the approach routes, particular features of the technique used were essentially the size of the frontal flap extending to orbital roof, and mainly the confection of a pericranial flap formed of epicranial aponeurosis lined with frontoparietal periosteum and pedunculated at the orbital border.
(18) Others argue that the sense of a sectarian crisis – most notably over Syria – has been confected by the Assad regime.
(19) A controversial issue will often bring a blizzard of identikit protest of apparently confected anger but while clearly this lobby was organised most of the emails and letters we received were personal and heartfelt.
(20) I know what you're thinking: Christmas DVDs, promotional tours, robotically confected controversy … none of these really feel like the answer to the question: "What would Spartacus do?"
Confectionary
Definition:
(n.) A confectioner.
(a.) Prepared as a confection.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cariogenic diet was estimated by the consumption of sweets, confectionary and soft drinks.
(2) In milk, dairy and confectionary products it is isolated in 3.8 per cent of samples, while in tinned foodstuffs - in 1.8 per cent.
(3) In taking account of confectionary purchased from NAAFI sources the total energy intake was raised to 4200 kcal of which 40 per cent were derived from fats (15 per cent saturated fats) and 12 per cent from added sugars.
(4) Success in the confectionary business pushed Jacqueline Mars to joint number 36 with her brother John and Forrest.
(5) Isomalt appears to be a palatable alternative sweetener capable of reducing the glycaemic effect of diabetic confectionary.
(6) As a GP dealing daily with diet-related problems, I have been advising patients to stop adding sugar to hot drinks or other foods, to stop soft drinks altogether and to have biscuits or confectionary only on special occasions.
(7) The sample included meat, dairy, fruits and confectionary products.
(8) For this purpose a confectionary was designed and elaborated consisting of five different bars, made of natural raw materials (dehydrated fruits, milk, eggs, nuts, fat), which supply an important quantity of fats and carbohtdrates, minerals, and vitamins.
(9) Thirty confectionary workers alternated piece-work (payment by results) and work with a fixed daily wage while 30 metal workers alternated work on an assembly line with work off it.
(10) The 27 clinical and 50 food isolates, mainly from meat products, frozen confectionaries, and cheeses, confirmed as L. monocytogenes were compared biochemically and serologically.
(11) The cited data support the expediency of using methylcellulose in the confectionary industry.
(12) Egyptian authorities, who have blamed traders and suppliers for hoarding and smuggling goods, said they have so far seized 9,000 tonnes of sugar in raids on factories and warehouses, including facilities belonging to Pepsico and Edita, one of the country’s largest manufacturers of confectionaries.
(13) Android 4.4 continues the confectionary naming scheme Facebook Twitter Pinterest Android is now named after the Kitkat Nestle chocolate biscuit.
(14) In an apparent allusion to the attempted acquisition of Cadbury by the American confectionary group Kraft , Myners asked shareholders to stay firm in the face of a hostile buyer and focus on long term returns rather than "the bounce in a share price that comes with a takeover".
(15) Not to everyone's taste, admits the French chocolate-maker Sylvain Musquar , who suggests customers should avoid looking closely at the original handmade confectionary in pride of place in his patisserie shop in Nancy.
(16) The aim of this study was to determine the nutritional content of the foods provided to, and the confectionary purchased by, personnel serving at sea in British warships.
(17) Although he did not mention Cadbury by name, Myners comments are bound to resonate with investors in the 185-year-old confectionary firm, which is the subject of at least two possible bids from the US.
(18) This is often blamed on a situation where confectionary, soft drinks and refined sugar-containing snacks have become easily available.
(19) A bitter pill The Mexican government has made many attempts to fight the pervasive weight problem, attracting international attention for its implementation of a national tax of one peso for sugar-sweetened beverages, and an 8% price rise on high-calorie foods such as ice-cream, chocolates and confectionary.
(20) Well, I'd like to apologise to the date for rejecting its quiet, wrinkled brown-ness for the easy allure of foil-wrapped confectionary.