sweet nothings
Example Sentences
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Senior Chinese diplomats are reportedly whispering sweet nothings in Indian ears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
But she pays little attention as she fusses around the grave and whispers sweet nothings to her dead son.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
Though immortalized in art, literature and song, and cherished by lovers who whisper sweet nothings or tearfully part on the privacy of its banks, the river was ecologically dying.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2023
At dinner, we finally saw other people, most of whom looked old enough to remember a time when the dining room buzzed with coos and sweet nothings.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022
It makes everything on earth fall in love—how the ocean kisses land, how land nestles trees, how swaying trees always whisper sweet nothings into our ears.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
