sugarcoat

Example Sentences

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But he does sugarcoat his technological limitations as a 67-year-old comic in the dreaded age of video calls with a punchy Chicano twist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

"He's not well. I'm not going to sugarcoat this and say that he's doing really well, he's still really unwell," she told her followers.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“No way to sugarcoat it: The S&P 500 is expensive,” BofA Securities wrote in a Dec. 31 research note.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

“It’s just straight-up disappointing, and there’s no other way to sugarcoat it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

Love, humor, pain, magic, lost souls—all woven to create stories most cultures might sugarcoat.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera