verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sweetened condensed milk
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sugar/sweeten the pill
▪
They tried to sweeten the pill . b. They tried to sugar the medicine. 34a.
▪
To sweeten the pill , the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a can of sweetened milk
▪
Add just enough sugar to sweeten the fruit slightly.
▪
Mattel Inc. is expected to sweeten its offer.
▪
Sprinkle sugar onto the cooked fruit to sweeten it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
A delivery of butter pecan or Neapolitan might sweeten the deal.
▪
Probably honey was used originally to sweeten the apples instead of sugar.
▪
Special offers sweeten the pot for those who wish to depart.
▪
Stir a little honey in to sweeten when ready to eat.
▪
The good light of it came down through the curve of the windscreen, sweetening my bitterness.
▪
They sweeten the spring air of the Great Plains and the Northwest.
▪
They are harvested after frost, the cold sweetening their flavor.
▪
To sweeten the pill, the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways.