sugar-coat
Example Sentences
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Wales captain Dewi Lake, one of four Welsh players sent to the sin-bin, made no attempt to sugar-coat his side's 12th straight Six Nations defeat.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
"We're now asking whether the same sugar-coat trick shows up in other hard-to-treat cancers, such as glioblastoma, and in non-cancer diseases where the immune system is misled," he said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2026
"I don't want to sugar-coat this, people have been through it," said Nandy.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
“I can’t really sugar-coat this in any way, so I am not going to try,” Earps said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
If we sugar-coat our pills indiscriminately and mix them with candy, many will partake who need another kind of medicine altogether.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Arthur E. Bostwick
