sweeten
verb (used with object)
to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
sweetens
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present tense formof sweeten (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It may also offer them a cut of the spoils from a tolled Strait, but that hardly sweetens the foul deal for the rest of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Here is how the deal sours for Netflix and sweetens for Paramount.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
The skin and butter brown, the garlic sweetens, the bird infuses with the nutty flavors of the cheese.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
South Korea sweetens its arms export deals by offering to transfer technology and facilitate local production, enhancing the domestic defense industries of its buyers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
When they walk away, The dime of sun Pavs them back With laughter And the juice runs To their elbows, Sticky summer rain That sweetens the street.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
