Sentence examples for tempered sweetness from inspiring English sources

Tawny port is port aged many years in wood so the flavor softens, the color fades and some of the sweetness also disappears, resulting in a wine that is lighter and more delicate, prized by many connoisseurs who prefer its tempered sweetness.

As I did, the tempered sweetness reminded me of fall.

Nor having them believe they must be more 'like the guys.' It is about ensuring our girls can temper sweetness with steel, with the confidence to call out unacceptable behavior, to express their opinion without feeling they must first apologize for it, to ask for what they really want, and to refuse to let anyone play them small.

In these works, his natural acidity is tempered with sweetness.

The onions, nicely charred outside, had a sharp bite tempered by sweetness, just enough to play up the almost gamy richness of the mushrooms.

For a man who was always a cautionary rocker - "In Between the Lines" was about recognizing how much more there is than what they show you -- the reckoning now is tempered with sweetness.

Taking a bite of the whole cookie together made it taste a little more like candy corn, perhaps because the two golden wafers tempered the sweetness of the frosting.

Since this is Hunan cooking, there is little distraction from that heat: no tempering sweetness, none of the pins and needles on the tongue that come with Sichuan, slowing conversation to a drawl.

This is a subtle cake: the coffee tempers the sweetness, and the buttery sweetness keeps it all mellow.

And ginger's heat has a way of tempering the sweetness.

Next, a vivid mint and pea velouté containing a deliquescent droplet of pea pod jelly, with a grissini of cardamom-flavoured yoghurt to temper the sweetness.