Examples of “popcorn” in a Sentence

noun A snack made from corn kernels heated until they burst open and puff up.

• We grabbed a bucket of popcorn before the movie started.
• The smell of warm popcorn drifted through the cinema foyer.
• She shared a big bowl of salty popcorn with her brother during the film.

noun The variety of corn grown specifically for popping.

• Farmers plant popcorn separately from sweet corn.
• Popcorn has a hard outer shell, which is why it bursts when heated.
• The farmer showed us a field of popcorn growing tall in the summer sun.

verb To pop repeatedly in quick succession, like popcorn cooking.

• Fireworks popcorned across the night sky.
• The oil in the hot pan began to popcorn as the seeds burst one after another.
• Raindrops popcorned on the tin roof of the shed.