sweet nothings
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Senior Chinese diplomats are reportedly whispering sweet nothings in Indian ears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
"It's emotionally aggravating to pursue the police. If I don't call them I don't hear anything; if I do, I get sweet nothings," he adds.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
In the song he asks, “Do you wanna be my girlfriend?” which he says is among the sweet nothings he often whispers to Adrienne.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2024
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
His children hugged him, whispered sweet nothings in his ear, and waited on his every whim and fancy.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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