sugar-coat

Example Sentences

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Wales captain Dewi Lake, one of four Welsh players sent to the sin-bin, made no attempt to sugar-coat his side's 12th straight Six Nations defeat.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

"We're now asking whether the same sugar-coat trick shows up in other hard-to-treat cancers, such as glioblastoma, and in non-cancer diseases where the immune system is misled," he said.

From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026

On the night Celtic secured the title last season Brendan Rodgers didn’t sugar-coat his words.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

“I can’t really sugar-coat this in any way, so I am not going to try,” Earps said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Lester realized that this was an asinine attempt to sugar-coat the true story and it made him angry.

From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Dreiser, Theodore