Sentence examples for be sugarcoated from inspiring English sources

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be sugarcoated

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To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to.

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Re "Marking 5 Years, Bush Insists U.S. Must Win in Iraq" (front page, March 20) and "Mission Still Not Accomplished" (editorial, March 20): Five years of war with Iraq blown to bits and shards cannot be sugarcoated by the false rhetoric of a waning administration that remains bent for war at any cost.

The business of placing the 32 nations who reached the 2010 finals in eight groups will be sugarcoated with a 90-minute extravaganza of gospel, jazz and costume to show television viewers around the globe that this is the first "African" World Cup in history.

Camp told the task force at the launch meeting, "I want the truth; nothing should be sugarcoated.… We have confidence in you, and we are counting on you to help us identify and address the real issues". In addition, what makes it possible for the task force members to speak the truth is that they are acting as representatives of the 100 people they have interviewed.

In the trailer, which you can watch above, Hazel warns in voice-over that her story won't be sugarcoated.

And none of the opinions I express will be sugarcoated because sugarcoating is a sign of weakness, and may lead to diabetes.

Blue, orange, yellow and green beans were stacked in huge flats, waiting to be sugarcoated and then polished in big steel vats.

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Might they possibly be sugarcoating it for their parents' benefit?

It also became increasingly clear that, in some cases, the messages sent out by the UN seemed to be sugarcoating the reality on the ground.

I think in this environment, people are beyond being sugarcoated.

Still, the ending of "Gossamer" is satisfying and even reassuring, without being sugarcoated.

Death is sugarcoated with craft: flowers, papier-mâché, antique glass, gold and silver leaf and glitter everywhere.

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