sugarcoat
Example Sentences
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“But I don’t want to sugarcoat it. It is going to be very disruptive.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
"He's not well. I'm not going to sugarcoat this and say that he's doing really well, he's still really unwell," she told her followers.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
“No way to sugarcoat it: The S&P 500 is expensive,” BofA Securities wrote in a Dec. 31 research note.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
It’s no good trying to sugarcoat the troubled history of the United Nations.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025
“Thanks. We’ll go peep,” Sean said, never one to sugarcoat his displeasure at the hypocrisies of high school nonsense.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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