sweetness and light
Example Sentences
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The 56-year-old admitted not everything was sweetness and light.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
It was the deep soul era—but it was not all sweetness and light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
All is sweetness and light on that front.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
Her extensive qualifications notwithstanding, we should not expect her confirmation process to be all sweetness and light.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2022
Jethro was not yet in any mood approaching perfect sweetness and light.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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