sweetly

Example Sentences

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Tom Lewis makes the crime-scene officer Elliot Scott a sweetly understanding romantic interest for Patience, though that, too, is a relationship that requires, yes, patience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

And so the players showed up brandishing hope for this summer while sweetly admitting the emotion that still lingers from last fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

The Danish international connected sweetly with a looping ball on his left foot for the only goal to compound Newcastle's miserable away form despite the visitors dominating the second half.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

In pictures, she can be seen smiling sweetly at the camera in a smart black suit with straightened brown hair during a visit to the Financial Times in 2010.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Malcolm was holding the canoe back now, trying to resist the power of the flood, and La Belle Sauvage responded sweetly.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman