sweetmeat

Example Sentences

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Media footage showed a man feeding the convicts sweetmeat outside the jail after touching the feet of one of them, a mark of respect.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2022

While my parents devoted their time and energy to the service, I daydreamed about the forthcoming sweetmeat, a symphony of tabla and harmonium scoring my reverie.

From Salon • May 2, 2022

And yet even my mighty sweet tooth has met its match in the form of a cinematic sweetmeat: “To All the Boys: Always and Forever.”

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2021

The edible sweetmeat scenery has a fluorescent glare.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2013

For dessert, they scooped the sweetmeat from coconut shells, licking the juice from their fingers.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray