sugar-coat
Britishverb
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to coat or cover with sugar
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to cause to appear more attractive; make agreeable
Example Sentences
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Wales captain Dewi Lake, one of four Welsh players sent to the sin-bin, made no attempt to sugar-coat his side's 12th straight Six Nations defeat.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
"We're now asking whether the same sugar-coat trick shows up in other hard-to-treat cancers, such as glioblastoma, and in non-cancer diseases where the immune system is misled," he said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2026
On the night Celtic secured the title last season Brendan Rodgers didn’t sugar-coat his words.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
“I can’t really sugar-coat this in any way, so I am not going to try,” Earps said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
He really understood how to sugar-coat poison as well as any man of his stamp could.
From Ester Ried Yet Speaking by Pansy
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