sweeten
verb (used with object)
to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
have sweetened
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present perfectof sweeten.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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Both sides have sweetened their offers since early June.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
Jamie Thorpe, Phaidon's head of Hong Kong, says some financial firms "desperate to hire" have sweetened their offers with buyouts, guaranteed bonuses, hefty living allowances and inflated job titles ensuring higher base salaries.
From Reuters ● Nov. 30, 2021
Producer Chris Blackwell might have sweetened their sound for white ears, but you could never accuse the Wailers themselves of sugaring their message.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2020
Leggio said there appears to be a recent trend in which utilities have sweetened their offers to regulators after a first application to merge was refused.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2015
She and her stepmother alone together, with an awful death creeping close up to them, and the understanding that would have sweetened both their lives coming too late.
From Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life by Caroline Austin
