honey-sweet
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of honey-sweet
before 1000; Middle English hony sweete, Old English hunig swēte
Example Sentences
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The singer, born in the small village of Rocky Point, Jamaica, was known for his romantic, honey-sweet voice that shaped and shifted with generations of dancehall and lovers rock.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
Sometimes G was a people pleaser, offering to cook or clean for Clark in a honey-sweet voice.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2022
Winchester’s songs and his slightly dusky, honey-sweet voice oozed Southern charm.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2014
Really, Paramount Pictures is daring us not to Anchormanize this cocktail, which combines scotch and Drambuie, the scotch-based, honey-sweet, herb-scented liqueur that, like Ron Burgundy, regards itself as a “legend.”
From Slate • Dec. 10, 2013
And he discovered, finally, the source of the honey-sweet sound.
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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