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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

It’s no good trying to sugarcoat the troubled history of the United Nations.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025

As per his custom, the coach didn’t sugarcoat his words, perhaps because English was his second language.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad