craving for sweets
Example Sentences
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The gray in her hair caused her to look over 50, and her craving for sweets added several pounds to her weight, but as a child I did not see her flaws.
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2019
They pointed out that many of the estimated 10 million Americans who suffer from diabetes find saccharin absolutely essential to fulfill their craving for sweets.
From Time Magazine Archive
To satisfy the craving for sweets, Grunberg suggests, quitters should sprinkle everything, from meat to poultry to fruit, with a sugar substitute.
From Time Magazine Archive
His craving for sweets was still unappeased, so at a near-by drug store he bought a pound box of candy.
From Merton of the Movies by Wilson, Harry Leon
"All children are fond of candy and I read only the other day that a craving for sweets is the mark of a healthy appetite."
From Rosemary by Lawrence, Josephine
