sweeten
verb (used with object)
to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
are sweetening
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present progressiveof sweeten.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Developers tell the NYTimes that Chinese companies are sweetening deals by providing personal incentives to switch, drawing on the years of on-the-ground experience China’s tech and telecom providers have built up on the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
All four retailers are sweetening the deal for early adopters a little by throwing in a free slim book keyboard cover with the preorder.
From The Verge ● Feb. 9, 2022
And now, he said, “employers are sweetening the packages” for recruits, with higher pay, better benefits, tool allowances and signing bonuses.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
Still, even national landlords with huge luxury portfolios are sweetening deals to close contracts.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2020
Violets, primroses, all the myriad joys of spring, are sweetening the air with a thousand perfumes.
From Molly Bawn by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
