sugarcoating

present participle of sugarcoat

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sugarcoating What Compassionate Leadership Looks Like Compassionate leadership doesn’t mean avoiding hard decisions or sugarcoating the truth. Kiran Mann, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Nunemaker said the search committee tried to give Sajet a realistic picture of the museum, the board and Milwaukee as a place to live without sugarcoating or underselling anything. Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Special team woes continue There’s no sugarcoating it, the Horned Frogs have issues on special teams after another rough day by the unit. Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2025 In lieu of sugarcoating the possibility of being made whole again and/or overstating the extent to which a mutual understanding might allow these characters to identify their common enemy, the film cannonballs into the grim absurdity of a world that’s lost control of itself. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sugarcoating
Verb
  • The film opens just as its predecessor ended, with a handy recap explaining how Ne Zha and his angelic counterpart, Ao Bing, ended up in need of bodily reincarnation.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Amorim has been clearer and more consistent in explaining his tactical ideas and vision for the future.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass said there was no emergency justifying the military.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Bob felt that Clark Gilmer was 'justifying the harm' done to trans people in her comments about King.
    EW.com, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This doesn’t mean excusing harmful behavior.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Sugarcoating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugarcoating. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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