sugarcoated

“I think the book is fair, but it’s certainly not sugarcoated.”

Flasks of green tea and bowls of sugarcoated almonds made their way from a tea bar in a corner.

“You asked me a question about the game the other night and I sugarcoated it,” Hakstol told assembled media about his postgame comments following Saturday’s defeat.

His talent, passion, sugarcoated spirit and persistence are a few of the reasons he’s now headlining a sold-out show on that very stage.

In a voice that never lost its trace of her native Boston accent or its substitution of Ws-for-Rs, Walters lobbed blunt and sometimes giddy questions, often sugarcoated with a hushed, reverential delivery.