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Definition of Sugarcoating
1. sugarcoat [v] - See also: sugarcoat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sugarcoating
Literary usage of Sugarcoating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray Newton Rothbard (2006)
"But, from the point of view of the consumer, the fall in the cost of living was
highly welcome, and indeed was the blessed sugarcoating on the pill of ..."
2. First Lessons: A Report on Elementary Education in America by William J. Bennett (1986)
"Civics American civics, like American history, should be presented without
sugarcoating but also without apology. This is not chauvinism. ..."
3. Bridging Gaps in Police Crime Data by Michael D. Maltz (2000)
"... May 21, 1998, "Manipulation of Crime Figures Alleged;" and The Miami Herald,
May 3, 1998, "sugarcoating? Officer Faked Boca Crime Stats. ..."
4. Bridging Gaps in Police Crime Data by Michael D. Maltz (2000)
"... May 21, 1998, "Manipulation of Crime Figures Alleged;" and The Miami Herald,
May 3, 1998, "sugarcoating? Officer Faked Boca Crime Stats. ..."
5. Russian Money Laundering: Congressional Hearing edited by James A. Leach (2001)
"The years-long sugarcoating of what the Clinton administration's policies have
wrought in Russia is just one more lie bequeathed Americans. ..."
6. In Danger Undaunted: The Anti-Interventionist Movement of 1940-1941 As by Justus D. Doenecke (1990)
"... 1941, stated that British governmental circles do not look with favor upon
this plan (Baltimore Sun). sugarcoating Glossing over their immediate ..."
7. College Teaching: Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper (1920)
"We have too long persisted in the " sugarcoating" conception of interest. We have
regarded it as a process of " making agreeable. ..."
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