- present participle of sweeten.
sweetening
Example Sentences
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William’s light sweetening of corn flakes was modest compared with today’s cereals, many of which are as much as 50% sugar by weight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Paramount, which had initially bid $108 billion for the entire company, continued to circle, launching a hostile tender offer aimed directly at shareholders and continually sweetening the terms of its bid.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
“They’re sweetening the pot,” Paul Hardart, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, said of the Ellison family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Tennis Australia is equally as bold as its American counterparts, but it does not have the same financial clout to offer the mountain of prize money and sweetening appearance fees.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
I had seen lots of Persians drink their tea this way—sipping it through a cube of sugar—but I was categorically opposed to sweetening tea in any way.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
