- plural of sweet.
sweets
Example Sentences
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The Guardian newspaper once quoted him as saying: "I've always said what's the point in owning a sweet shop if you can't eat a few sweets."
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Seventeen days of drama, tension and pressure, all with the crowd so close they can touch the players – or offer them sweets.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Americans are shifting from traditional sweets, with chocolate’s snack consumption share down 2.6 percentage points since 2010.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
There are stands offering Portuguese steaks, sweets, high-end wines, health-food tacos and the finest coastal oysters around, consumed around shared tables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
He stood below, handing them up to us while leaning on a chair, and gave me money to go and buy the biscuits and sweets he usually lavished on us at Christmas.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
