How much cajoling, persuading, soul-searching and pot-sweetening is this going to take?. From Wordnik.com. [Florida AD hangs on through the coaching rumors] Reference
There will be illegal substances "sweetening" the air for everyone's enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [Shaping My Way] Reference
The Sunday Telegraph reported that the bid had been rebuffed but Serco was "sweetening" its offer. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
I like the idea of sweetening things that aren’t normally sweet and saltifying things that aren’t normally salty. From Wordnik.com. [pizza, updated | smitten kitchen] Reference
Natural gas "sweetening" (removal of H2S and CO2). billion dollar market in US alone. From Wordnik.com. [The Business Blog at Intuitive.com] Reference
Low tones to me grew lower, sweetening so her honey talk. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
It should be almost like honey -- no other sweetening is needed. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
"What did people use for sweetening purposes before cane was discovered?". From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns] Reference
Dell and H-P, sweetening their offers since then, haven't fared quite so well. From Wordnik.com. [DuPont, Alcoa Rally the DJIA] Reference
Big credit-card issuers keep sweetening their offers to keep consumers charging. From Wordnik.com. [Credit Cards: No More Late Fees!] Reference
A mixture of corn sirup and granulated sugar is often used for sweetening foods. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
And she can't resist sweetening up her scrupulous research with iffy speculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Sachems Of Satan] Reference
Saccharine is an artificial sweetening, five hundred times sweeter than cane sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
In some cases, they're sweetening offers by throwing in a printer or digital camera. From Wordnik.com. [PCs: Best Black Friday Specials] Reference
Private equity has responded by sweetening investment terms and scaling back ambitions. From Wordnik.com. [Candover's Cassandra Moment] Reference
It can be hard to resist -- every move means a sweetening of their compensation package. From Wordnik.com. [The Blacks In The Gray Flannel Suits] Reference
Cut peaches into thin slices, or chop them and prepare cream by whipping and sweetening. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
Thessala crushes her potion; she puts therein spices in plenty for sweetening and blending. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Lime, therefore, in sweetening a soil, prevents the formation of these poisonous compounds. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
It has laid on the heart of childhood like a dew-drop on the rose, sweetening and refreshing it. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
His high good nature had the effect of sweetening for him even Clara Britton's flavorless manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
If you have been accustomed to using 2 pounds of sugar then use 3 pounds of the other sweetening. From Wordnik.com. [Every Step in Canning] Reference
It is said that patience is a cure for all distempers; but it sours mine instead of sweetening it. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
Mix and chop up everything; always bring the mob over by sweetening it with a few cook-shop terms. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
In the morning cook until tender in the same water, sweetening with two tablespoons of brown sugar. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
Violets, primroses, all the myriad joys of spring, are sweetening the air with a thousand perfumes. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
How shall we have power, abundant, life-giving, sweetening our own lives, and changing those we touch?. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference
Any ripe fruit may be used, such as peaches, apricots, plums and red currants, sweetening as they require. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference
Unlike most other countries, Russia can always use its arms exports as a means of sweetening commercial deals. From Wordnik.com. [Russia’s Comeuppance] Reference
Incentive-based efforts: Some states are sweetening the deal if you can show you've recycled an old appliance. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Do I have to recycle an old appliance to get a clash for clunkers for appliances rebate?] Reference
It is employed for sweetening purposes in cases of diabetes mellitus, where physicians advise against the use of sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
Many times afterward, in winter quarters or during apple-dumpling season, have I heard them lament the loss of that sweetening. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
Even brick-and-mortar banks like HSBC and Wachovia are sweetening their terms to attract customers to their Internet "branches.". From Wordnik.com. [Banks: Is It a Net Gain?] Reference
We helped ourselves and managed to get a small quantity of the sweetening ingredient up to camp, where we received a warm reception. From Wordnik.com. [The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster] Reference
"Well, be more careful the next time," admonished the black-eyed girl, retreating to the pantry for a fresh supply of sweetening; and. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
This strictness on his part would have been thought harsh, had it not been rendered palatable by many sweetening influences of courtesy. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
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