Example Sentences

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Here is how the deal sours for Netflix and sweetens for Paramount.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025

"There's a question over how much we judge things based on the art, versus how much it was commercially successful - and a mix of opinions to sweetens the pot," he says.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023

The orange sweetens and mellows the sour from the lemon, but because fresh lemons and oranges vary in taste from fruit to fruit, each batch will be a bit different.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2022

If the network sweetens the pot just enough, the marquee schools will remain in place, at least for the short term.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2022

His voice sweetens sardonically ‘And we wouldn’t want that now, would we? Santa won’t be too impressed with that, will he now? No, he won’t.”

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak