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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sweet
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sweet smell
▪ She liked the sweet smell of hay in the barn.
a sweet/pretty/lovely melody (=pleasant)
▪ The pianist played a sweet melody.
boiled sweet
have a strong/sweet etc smell
▪ The flowers had a lovely sweet smell.
have a sweet/strange etc taste
▪ The soup had a funny taste.
have a sweet/strong etc flavour
▪ These biscuits have a very distinctive flavour.
revenge is sweet (=said when someone feels good because they have got revenge)
▪ It took me a long time, but revenge is sweet.
short and sweet (=short in a way that is good, especially not talking for a long time)
▪ I promise to keep the meeting short and sweet.
sickly sweet
▪ a sickly sweet perfume
smell sweet
▪ A ripe melon will smell sweet.
Sweet dreams! (=said to someone who is going to bed)
▪ Good night, Sam! Sweet dreams!
sweet gum
sweet pea
sweet pepper
sweet potato
sweet roll
sweet william
sweet wine
▪ A slightly sweet wine goes well with smoked duck.
sweet
▪ This apple’s really sweet and delicious.
sweet
▪ She breathed in the sweet perfume of the roses.
sweet
▪ The fruits have an excellent sweet taste.
sweet
▪ I poured Helen a mug of sweet tea and waited for her to answer.
sweet/spicy/bitter/salty etc
▪ The flavor was like peaches, but not as sweet.
taste sweet/bitter/sour/salty
▪ He handed me some black stuff which tasted bitter.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
nothing
▪ How musical the river and how charming the trees whispering sweet nothings as we pass!
▪ The bed was comfortable and so large you had to shout sweet nothings.
▪ Ned appeared to be whispering sweet nothings in her ear but his attentions were being met with a stony silence!
pea
▪ Then she began to think to herself about which would be best, nasturtiums or sweet peas.
▪ One day they left a bouquet of sweet peas from their garden, which the nurses took to him in his ward.
▪ There does indeed seem to be little advantage in damaging the coat of modern varieties of sweet peas.
▪ Decades later, the scent of sweet peas still made him gag.
▪ Large seeds, such as sweet peas, are easily spaced by hand, but other techniques are needed for finer seeds.
▪ A creamy green sauce, redolent of sweet pea and butter, provides the final touch.
▪ In anticipation that the same problem might recur this summer I tried sowing some sweet peas with the runner beans.
▪ Look out for the sweet peas back in Unwins Seeds Plants Plus collection.
potato
▪ This treat he produced by mashing a sweet potato to pulp and adding sugar, vanilla extract, and evaporated milk.
▪ Chemical control of sweet potato pests has had varying degrees of success, with many chemicals being too expensive.
▪ Carrots, spinach, kale, broccoli and sweet potatoes are among foods rich in beta carotene.
▪ I wonder if Stuart likes sweet potatoes?
▪ Soybeans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, lettuce and wheat will be selected for their nutritional as well as their cleansing value.
▪ The rest of the Brownies are sweet potato plants and they crouch in rows, making themselves as small as they can.
scent
▪ Fish splashed in small pools and the sweet scent of the river hurrying by charmed our days.
▪ An extravagant collection of activities centered on the family shrine, as the sweet scent of incense hovered placidly above us.
▪ She noticed how his slicked-back hair carried the faint, sweet scent of gel.
▪ The forsythia bushes at the back of the santuario yielded a delicate, sweet scent in the dewy air.
▪ Katherine could smell the high sweet scent of marijuana.
▪ If you like a sweeter scent and have a wetter spot, prostrate chamomile works the same way.
▪ There was a warm sweet scent from the tidy muck heap.
shop
▪ His wife still runs a sweet shop in Buckinghamshire.
▪ And that it was the success of the sweet shop that had enabled her great-grandfather to buy this end of the business.
▪ A sweet shop then was a veritable Aladdin's Cave for children, for most sweets were sold loose.
▪ The classroom glowed like a sweet shop.
▪ Parents often need help in anticipating how to cope with demands outside sweet shops or in supermarkets.
▪ At Police Headquarters alarm bells rang in from government munition dumps, military vehicle compounds, hi-tech weapon factories and sweet shops.
▪ But first we called at Mr Macauley's sweet shop to stock up for the frequent film changes.
▪ Vary your daily routes to work etc, so you don't pass bakers or sweet shops which trigger your cravings.
smell
▪ The air was thick with sawdust and the sweet smell of freshly cut wood.
▪ The rain had stopped and the air was filled with the sweet smell of freshly washed earth.
▪ Today, the sick sweet smell from the chemical company in the industrial part of town seems especially bad.
▪ Such formulations are identified by a not unpleasant sweet smell.
▪ It was hot and jammed and the air was redolent with the sickly sweet smell of cheap champagne.
▪ I went and sniffed around the edges of the frosted glass back door: a good, clean, slightly sweet smell.
▪ Without the bags, blood drained on the deck and filled the Huey with a sweet smell, a horribly recognizable smell.
smile
▪ But she had the prettiest face and the sweetest smile you've ever seen.
▪ A face devoid of guile, the sweetest smile I've ever seen.
▪ She returned the greeting with a sweet smile.
▪ Her sweet smile became sweeter and wider.
▪ She was not beautiful, but she had big, kind brown eyes and a sweet smile.
taste
▪ There is at these times a hot, sweet taste on my tongue, the taste of blood.
▪ She raves over the low cholesterol content of kangaroo and it's distinctive, sweet taste.
▪ It has a strong aroma and pungent, but slightly sweet taste and is suitable for freezing and drying.
▪ Do not refrigerate potatoes; if stored below 40 degrees, they develop a sweet taste and tend to darken when cooked.
▪ Chainsaw guitars and dreamy vocals make for a volatile cocktail which when mixed leaves a sweet taste.
▪ Later she rose too, and their lips and tongues met again, full of sweet tastes.
▪ We respond to all four strongly, but cats are weak when it comes to sweet tastes.
▪ Until recently many authorities stated categorically that cats, almost alone among mammals, were incapable of detecting sweet tastes.
tooth
▪ What, then, is a melancholic with a sweet tooth to do?
▪ We have, we are told, a sweet tooth, and we're rather proud of it.
▪ These people had a vicious sweet tooth.
▪ Total abstinence from any sweeteners can cure a sweet tooth permanently - which is much better in the long term.
▪ I also have a very sweet tooth.
▪ Satisfy your sweet tooth with natural sugar - fructose - from fruit and berries.
▪ Jake may not have many teeth yet but developing a sweet tooth now could lead to decay later.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
home sweet home
▪ Meanwhile closer to home, it's home sweet home for our footballing sides on parade.
▪ Well, here we are again, home sweet home.
sweet FA
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ sweet, juicy peaches
▪ a sweet singing voice
▪ a cup of hot sweet tea
▪ Fran is such a sweet person.
▪ He's a really sweet guy but I couldn't date him.
▪ It was very sweet of you to buy me those flowers.
▪ Italian oranges are much sweeter than the ones we buy in Britain.
▪ Jessica looks so sweet in that hat.
▪ Oh, thank you so much - you are sweet!
▪ The pie is a little too sweet for me.
▪ We've lost to them four times, so beating them was really sweet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After the sweet juice is extracted, they carry it in wooden buckets on their heads to the next stage.
▪ And the old fountain, now green with moss and algae, made a sweet, pattering sound.
▪ Aromatherapy: massage with essential oils made from natural sources and blended with a neutral base, such as sweet almond oils.
▪ Catherine said the music sounded sweeter from high up, and so she went to sit in the dark on the stairs.
▪ His secret is a tone that is preternaturally sweet and centered.
▪ Specifically, it is citrus vodka, orange passion fruit liqueur, and a hint of sweet and sour.
▪ Your belly is very furry and quite sweet.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
boiled
▪ Jars of boiled sweets, rusks, biscuit tins and chocolate boxes are on view.
▪ Then there was the time Vic and company decided to detonate a smorgasbord of Spam and boiled sweets.
▪ All the matches are wet, so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets.
▪ She offered him the tray of boiled sweets.
▪ The company admitted that there had been a delay in installing new screening equipment at the plant, which produces boiled sweets.
■ VERB
buy
▪ As well as pork, you can buy milk, sweets, crisps and pop.
▪ In a small village on the way to Baabara we had stopped to buy sweets for the children.
▪ She'd been buying some sweets at a local newsagent minutes before the accident.
eat
▪ She told me once that Spiritualists ate sweets during the service.
▪ It's like eating sweets but with alcohol.
▪ The children say they had a great time, eating sweets and with a pirate on board their bus.
▪ They tell me he's got toothache and tummy ache from eating too many sweets.
give
▪ We also have to traipse round the neighbourhood on All Hallows Eve, calling on neighbours, who give our children sweets.
▪ But some people try to trick children into doing something by giving them sweets or money.
▪ It was Christmas time, and we used to give them oranges and sweets.
▪ Even the passing policeman was giving out liquorice sweets from a big bag in his pocket.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
home sweet home
▪ Meanwhile closer to home, it's home sweet home for our footballing sides on parade.
▪ Well, here we are again, home sweet home.
sweet FA
sweet-spirited/tough-spirited/rebellious-spirited etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He also noted, vaguely, that her offer of one of his favorite sweets had no appeal.
▪ Just as acidity works to add definition to sweets and fatty foods, the reverse is also true.
▪ Mum didn't let us have sweets except at Christmas.
▪ Perfetti has sales of Euros 700m in 50 countries with gum and sweets such as Brooklyn, Vigorsol and Vivident.
▪ There's sweets and biscuits as well as nuts and fruit.
▪ Thus a searcher might consider perusing entries under sweets, chocolates and confectionery.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sweet

Sweet \Sweet\, n.

  1. That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural. Specifically:

    1. Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

    2. Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.

  2. That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. ``A wilderness of sweets.''
    --Milton.

  3. That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

    A little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish of the sweet.
    --Locke.

  4. One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment. ``Wherefore frowns my sweet?''
    --B. Jonson.

Sweet

Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. Sweeter; superl. Sweetest.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te, OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s["u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr, s[oe]tr, Sw. s["o]t, Dan. s["o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. ?, Skr. sv[=a]du sweet, svad, sv[=a]d, to sweeten. [root]175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion.]

  1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

  2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

    The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
    --Longfellow.

  3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

    To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
    --Chaucer.

    A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful.
    --Hawthorne.

  4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

    Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
    --Milton.

  5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
    --Bacon.

  6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:

    1. Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.

    2. Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

  7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 3

    1. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. Sweet alyssum. (Bot.) See Alyssum. Sweet apple. (Bot.)

      1. Any apple of sweet flavor.

      2. See Sweet-top. Sweet bay. (Bot.)

        1. The laurel ( laurus nobilis).

        2. Swamp sassafras. Sweet calabash (Bot.), a plant of the genus Passiflora ( P. maliformis) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. Sweet cicely. (Bot.)

          1. Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus Osmorrhiza having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers.
            --Gray.

          2. A plant of the genus Myrrhis ( M. odorata) growing in England.

            Sweet calamus, or Sweet cane. (Bot.) Same as Sweet flag, below.

            Sweet Cistus (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ( Cistus Ladanum) from which the gum ladanum is obtained.

            Sweet clover. (Bot.) See Melilot.

            Sweet coltsfoot (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ( Petasites sagittata) found in Western North America.

            Sweet corn (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under Corn.

            Sweet fern (Bot.), a small North American shrub ( Comptonia asplenifolia syn. Myrica asplenifolia) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.

            Sweet flag (Bot.), an endogenous plant ( Acorus Calamus) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See Calamus,

    2. Sweet gale (Bot.), a shrub ( Myrica Gale) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and Dutch myrtle. See 5th Gale. Sweet grass (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. Sweet gum (Bot.), an American tree ( Liquidambar styraciflua). See Liquidambar. Sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. Sweet John (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. Sweet leaf (Bot.), horse sugar. See under Horse. Sweet marjoram. (Bot.) See Marjoram. Sweet marten (Zo["o]l.), the pine marten. Sweet maudlin (Bot.), a composite plant ( Achillea Ageratum) allied to milfoil. Sweet oil, olive oil. Sweet pea. (Bot.) See under Pea. Sweet potato. (Bot.) See under Potato. Sweet rush (Bot.), sweet flag. Sweet spirits of niter (Med. Chem.) See Spirit of nitrous ether, under Spirit. Sweet sultan (Bot.), an annual composite plant ( Centaurea moschata), also, the yellow-flowered ( C. odorata); -- called also sultan flower. Sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] Sweet William.

      1. (Bot.) A species of pink ( Dianthus barbatus) of many varieties.

      2. (Zo["o]l.) The willow warbler.

      3. (Zo["o]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also sweet Billy. [Prov. Eng.]

        Sweet willow (Bot.), sweet gale.

        Sweet wine. See Dry wine, under Dry.

        To be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.]
        --Thackeray.

        Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.

Sweet

Sweet \Sweet\, adv. Sweetly.
--Shak.

Sweet

Sweet \Sweet\, v. t. To sweeten. [Obs.]
--Udall.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sweet

Old English swete "pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings; having a pleasant disposition," from Proto-Germanic *swotja- (cognates: Old Saxon swoti, Old Frisian swet, Swedish söt, Danish sød, Middle Dutch soete, Dutch zoet, Old High German swuozi, German süß), from PIE root *swad- "sweet, pleasant" (Sanskrit svadus "sweet;" Greek hedys "sweet, pleasant, agreeable," hedone "pleasure;" Latin suavis "pleasant" (not especially of taste), suadere "to advise," properly "to make something pleasant to"). Words for "sweet" in Indo-European languages typically are used for other sense as well and in general for "pleasing."\n\nThen come kiss me, sweet-and-twenty! \n
Youth's a stuff will not endure.\n
["Twelfth Night"] \n\nAlso "being in a sound or wholesome state" (mid-13c.), and, of water, "fresh, not salt" (late Old English). As an intensifier from 1958. Sweet in bed (c.1300) was the equivalent of modern "good in bed." To be sweet on someone is first recorded 1690s. Sweet sixteen first recorded 1767. Sweet dreams as a parting to one going to sleep is attested from 1897, short for sweet dreams to you, etc. Sweet-and-sour in cookery is from 1723 and not originally of oriental food. Sweet nothings "sentimental trivialities" is from 1900. Sweet spot is from 1976, first in reference to tennis rackets. Sweet corn is from 1640s.

sweet

c.1300, "something sweet to the taste," also "beloved one," from sweet (adj.); the specific meaning "candy drop" is 1851 (earlier sweetie, 1721). Meaning "one who is dear to another" is from 14c. Old English swete (n.) meant "sweetness."

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Wiktionary
sweet

a. 1 Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar. 2 Having a taste of sugar. 3 Containing a sweetening ingredient. 4 (context wine English) Retaining a portion of sugar. 5 Not having a salty taste. 6 Having a pleasant smell. 7 Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale. 8 Having a pleasant sound. 9 Having a pleasing disposition. 10 Having a helpful disposition. 11 (context mineralogy English) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur. 12 (context informal English) Very pleasing; agreeable. adv. In a sweet manner. n. 1 (context uncountable English) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar. 2 (context countable British English) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy. 3 (context countable British English) A food eaten for dessert. 4 sweetheart; darling 5 (context obsolete English) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume. 6 (context obsolete English) That which is pleasing or welcome to the mind.

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WordNet
sweet

  1. adj. having a pleasant taste (as of sugar) [ant: sour]

  2. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic]

  3. pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant]

  4. one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey

  5. pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"

  6. pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn: gratifying]

  7. having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" [syn: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling]

  8. (used of wines) having a sweet taste [ant: dry]

  9. not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: fresh, unfermented]

  10. with sweetening added [syn: sugared, sweetened]

  11. not having a salty taste; "sweet water" [syn: unsalty]

sweet

adv. in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other" [syn: sweetly]

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Sweet (film)

Sweet is a 2000 short film directed by James Pilkington starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt that is set in Camden, London.

Sweet (disambiguation)

Sweet is the basic taste sensation of sweetness, associated with sugars.

Sweet may also refer to:

Sweet (Ken Mellons album)

Sweet is the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Ken Mellons. Released in 2004, it contains the song "Paint Me a Birmingham", which was also recorded by Tracy Lawrence and released as a single. Mellons's rendition was also released shortly before Lawrence's. "Smack Dab" was previously recorded by George Jones on his 1998 album It Don't Get Any Better Than This.

Sweet (Chara album)

is the debut studio album by Chara, which was released on November 11, 1991. It debuted at #64 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 200 for two weeks. It eventually sold 11,000 copies, making it Chara's least sold album.

It was preceded by her debut single Heaven in September. The album also had two re-cut singles: the title track Sweet (released in January) and a remix single called No Toy (Re-Mix), featuring three alternative mixes of album tracks. None of these three songs charted in the Oricon top 100 singles.

Sweet (company)

Sweet, founded by Shannon Wentworth and Jen Rainen in April 2008, is a travel company, which sells eco-friendly vacation packages and tours to the lesbian community. Sweet's mission is to offer vacations that empower and motivate guests to achieve their personal, professional, and philanthropic goals. Sweet travelers or "Sweeties," have raised over $500,000 in cash and in-kind donations, planted 6,217 trees, removed 407 bags of trash from beaches, and revitalized five schools and parks. In furtherance of Sweet's efforts to help the environment, the company teamed up with CarbonFund.org to help reforest a large area along the Tensas River in Louisiana.

Entertainers who have performed at Sweet events include comediannes Suzanne Westenhoefer, Fortune Feimster, Bridget McManus, Jennie McNulty, Sandra Valls, Gloria Bigelow, as well as singers Jen Foster, Edie Carey, and more.

Sweet (surname)

Sweet is an Anglo-Saxon surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alec Stone Sweet, a Yale Law School professor, musician and pétanque player
  • Alanson Sweet (1804-1891), an American businessman and politician
  • Apollo Sweet (born 1957), a Samoan/Australian boxer of the 1980s and '90s
  • Blanche Sweet (1896–1986), a silent film actress
  • Brad Sweet (born 1985), an American race car driver
  • Burton E. Sweet (1867-1957), an American politician
  • Darrell Sweet (musician) (1947-1999), a co-founder and drummer of the band Nazareth
  • Darrell K. Sweet (1934-2011), an American illustrator
  • David Sweet (disambiguation)
  • Denise Sweet, a Native American poet and academic, appointed Poet Laureate of Wisconsin in 2004
  • Dolph Sweet (1920–1985), an American actor
  • Don Sweet (born 1948), a former Canadian Football League kicker
  • Elnathan Sweet (1837–1903), a New York State Engineer and Surveyor 1884–1887
  • Edwin F. Sweet (1847–1935), a U.S. Representative from Michigan
  • Gary Sweet (born 1957), an Australian film and television actor
  • George Sweet (1844–1920), an English-born Australian geologist
  • Henry Sweet (1845–1912), an English philologist, phonetician and grammarian
  • Herbert J. Sweet (1919–1998), a fourth Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps
  • John Sweet (disambiguation)
  • Leonard Sweet (born 1961), an author, preacher, scholar and ordained United Methodist clergyman
  • Lynn Sweet (born 1961), a Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times and columnist
  • Lynn Sweet (American football) (1881-1918), an American football player
  • Matthew Sweet (born 1964), an alternative rock musician
  • Melissa Sweet, Australian human health and medicine journalist
  • Melissa Sweet (born 1956), an American children's illustrator who won the 2012 Sibert Medal
  • Michael Sweet (disambiguation)
  • Ossian Sweet (1895–1960), an American physician
  • Rachel Sweet (born 1962), an American singer, writer and actress
  • Robert Sweet (disambiguation)
  • Sylvanus H. Sweet (1830–1899), a New York State Engineer and Surveyor 1874–1875
  • Thaddeus C. Sweet (1872–1928), a New York politician
  • Walter C. Sweet (born 1927), an American paleontologist
  • William Sweet (disambiguation)
  • Willis Sweet (1856-1925), an American politician
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Usage examples of "sweet".

The most serious variety of the disease is characterized by an abnormally sweet urine.

With this fellowship they came safely and with little pain unto Chestnut Vale, where they abode but one night, though to Ralph and Ursula the place was sweet for the memory of their loving sojourn there.

The Powers aboon can only ken To whom the heart is seen, That nane can be sae dear to me As my sweet lovely Jean!

The braziers began giving off a thick, resinous, overly sweet smoke with something astringent to it but I had no way of knowing if it was, in fact, the perfume the grimoire had specified for operations ruled by the planet Mercury: a mixture of mastic, frankincense, cinquefoil, achates, and the dried and powdered brains of a fox.

Cover with salted and acidulated water, add a bunch of parsley, a sliced onion, and a pinch of powdered sweet herbs.

Scale and clean two large kingfish, and boil in salted and acidulated water, with a bunch of parsley, a slice each of carrot and onion, and a pinch of powdered sweet herbs.

Sweet clover will grow in all the States and provinces of the United States and Canada, but has highest adaptation for the Central and Southern States.

The steam in the headers filled the space with roaring heat and the sound of the turbines whining at thirty-six hundred RPM aft of maneuvering was the sweetest sound Vaughn could remember hearing.

Anyway, Mr Sweet, forget Digby going to your crew even if he is the best bomb aimer in the Squadron.

ASIA: You said that spirits spoke, but it was thee Sweet sister, for even now thy curved lips Tremble as if the sound were dying there Not dead PANTHEA: Alas it was Prometheus spoke Within me, and I know it must be so I mixed my own weak nature with his love .

Thereafter as the night aged, they were shown to a sleeping chamber, which albeit not richly decked, or plenished with precious things, was most dainty clean, and sweet smelling, and strewn with flowers, so that the night was sweet to them in a chamber of love.

Leaving the shelter of the magical gardens for the first time Lyim Flewelling since his arrival in the city, Alec was pleased to feel the cold, sweet winter breeze against his face again.

Phosphorescent water-lilies floated like charming faces on the pond and the bush which Mazirian had brought from far Almery in the south tinctured the air with sweet fruity perfume.

Sweet Elder-flowers are a valuable alterative, diuretic, mucous and glandular stimulant, excellent in eruptive, cutaneous, and scrofulous diseases of children.

Upon the crest of the heap, the lump of ambergris bubbled, smoking, its sweet scent filling the air.