saccharine
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On the surface, her waltz-time ballad, Alice, seems to be a saccharine tale of love and devotion.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The movie is simultaneously more depressing than the original and more saccharine, with a repellent amount of affection between characters who should know better.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 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
It began with the score’s hit, “A Simple Song,” Bernstein at his most tuneful, even saccharine.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
Eerily, the taped music comes on over the intercom, saccharine, soporific.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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