sweeten
verb (used with object)
to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
has sweetened
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present perfectof sweeten (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After getting rejected, Paramount has sweetened its original proposal, which called for paying $30 per share to take over the entire company.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Netflix has sweetened its offer for Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Plus, Skydance has sweetened its offer for Paramount controlling shareholder National Amusements.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
In the wake of its breakout success, Moderna’s board has sweetened the pay packages for senior executives like Bancel, raising his target stock compensation by 67 percent in 2021.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2023
The bitter lot of the poor she has sweetened, and the burden and care of riches takes wings and flies away at her approach.
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr
