saccharine

Example Sentences

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Many parfaits tip into the saccharine — all sweetness, no tension.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

LinkedIn users will be familiar with the saccharine positivity of users explaining how their latest promotion or honor makes them feel humbled and grateful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

It’s a deceptively saccharine world, one that she sees as, in her words, a “poisonous lollipop.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

First, good on Mazzulla to straight-up treat the kid as the reporter he clearly is, and answer the question directly, without pandering or turning it into some sort of saccharine after-school special.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Ideally, this value should be infinite, but when it can’t be, let’s hold the saccharine sentiments.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos