saccharine
Example Sentences
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Many parfaits tip into the saccharine — all sweetness, no tension.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
So are saccharine dishes like the cranberry orange relish that Michael Donnelly-Boylen sweetened with long pours of sugar into a food processor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 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
But don't expect saccharine stories of romance - this is Welsh, after all.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025
He had brought an envelope full of Victory Coffee and some saccharine tablets.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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