sugarcoated
Example Sentences
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Rice’s unambiguous ouster was somewhat rattling for the media business, where high-profile exits are often sugarcoated as voluntary resignations.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2022
He sugarcoated nothing, although that was often to his detriment.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2022
The appeal is subverting the sugarcoated things they were told as children.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021
Directed by Miguel Sapochnik and written by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell, “Finch” is a facile father-son metaphor whose doomsday setting is sugarcoated with gentle comedy and jaunty music.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021
In the room next to mine, Charlie mumbled something about sugarcoated chess pieces.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
