Example Sentences

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In yet another, the dinosaur helps corporations hawk oversweet breakfast cereals.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2021

No matter the month or locale, frozen drinks can be oversweet sugary messes, or they can be great, balanced cocktails.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2020

We ended up with a “momo-jito,” which tasted like weak yet still somehow oversweet limeade, and a “mango matchashu,” a mango-sake-matcha matchup in which mango alone prevailed.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2019

Their pink sauce was “rhubarb lacquer”; an unbilled, yellow beurre-blanc-ish sauce was slightly less oversweet.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2017

He recognized the oversweet, slightly cloying taste of supermarket cola and wished he’d asked for water.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz