honeyed

Example Sentences

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She explained that she and her siblings would deliberately choose long bedtime stories to spend more time listening to their father read aloud, describing his voice as "honeyed".

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Cool dawn in a bowl, Soft clouds swirl with honeyed light— Morning blooms in white.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Creamy, with a sweetness that flirted between honeyed custard and the milk leftover at the end end of a bowl of Cheerio’s — decadent, strange and oddly comforting.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

I remember her voice, honeyed with an accent.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2024

“It was your manner of giving back the gifts that caused Hamlet’s temper to flare. Had you spoken more honeyed words, it would have awakened his ardor, not his anger,” he scolded.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein