sugarcoat

Example Sentences

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"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

I don’t want to sugarcoat the challenge of finding a job in your 60s, but a change of pace might help you feel differently about still working.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

Maybe I could sugarcoat my fears in a way to make it easier for Dad to digest.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas