sugar coating

Example Sentences

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“She had difficulties already in her life, and there’s no sugar coating that. So we had to navigate this argument that what social-media addiction does is it preys upon the vulnerable more times than not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Shedding this sugar coating appears to be a key step in the body's inflammatory response.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

So if you were hoping for a brown sugar coating or a sugary marinade here, you'll be disappointed.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

Helmut Sonneberg usually gives the same answer whenever he gets asked how he is: "Even crappy would be sugar coating it."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2022

We urgently need an end to these false assurances, to the sugar coating of unpalatable facts.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson