sugarcoat

Example Sentences

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"He's not well. I'm not going to sugarcoat this and say that he's doing really well, he's still really unwell," she told her followers.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“No way to sugarcoat it: The S&P 500 is expensive,” BofA Securities wrote in a Dec. 31 research note.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

“I don’t want to sugarcoat it: The challenges are considerable, and COP30 won’t put the world on track for 1.5 °C,” said Anna Aberg, research fellow, at think tank Chatham House’s Environment and Society Center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

It’s no good trying to sugarcoat the troubled history of the United Nations.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025

Love, humor, pain, magic, lost souls—all woven to create stories most cultures might sugarcoat.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera