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How to use sweet in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, interjection, adverb

Sweet means tasting of sugars. Example: “Sweet wines are better dessert wines.”

Examples of sweet by meaning

adjectiveTasting of sugars.

  • a sweet apple
  • Protons coming off of acids ping receptors for "sour." Sugars get received as "sweet." Bitter, salty, and the proteinaceous flavor umami all set off their own neural cascades.2018 May 16, Adam Rogers, “The Fundamental Nihilism of Yanny vs. Laurel”, in Wired

adjectiveRetaining a portion of sugar.

  • Sweet wines are better dessert wines.

adjectiveHaving a pleasant smell; fragrant.

  • a sweet scent

adjectiveOf a pleasant sound.

  • a sweet tune
  • Smooth jazz music has sweet drum beats and cymbals!

adjectiveOf a pleasing disposition.

  • a sweet child
  • It was sweet of her to send some roses for her unwell grandmother.
  • You're so sweet!

adjectiveOf a helpful disposition.

  • It was sweet of him to help out.

adjectiveFree from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.

  • sweet crude oil

adjectiveVery pleasing; agreeable.

  • The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
  • Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1

More sentences with sweet

  • He lucked out with that girl of his. Smart, sweet, sassy, and pretty too.From the entry girl
  • I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight.From the entry overdo
  • Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste.From the entry sugar
  • The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, begging for sweets.From the entry orbit
  • To avoid arguments, he divided the sweets evenly between his two children.From the entry evenly
  • I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.From the entry pimp
  • The remarkable flower bouquet lasts for hours until it dissolves into a sweet vanilla smell.From the entry bouquet
  • You need to water down the lemonade a bit more to make it less sweet, dear.From the entry water down
  • I've got more sweets than you. Ner ner ner ner ner!From the entry ner
  • The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.From the entry savory
  • He hit the ball with the sweet spot, resulting in a gapper.From the entry sweet spot
  • We spent New Year's Eve eating sweets, drinking champagne, and watching the countdown!From the entry New Year's Eve
  • The train's about to leave; you'd better get down here toot sweet!From the entry toot sweet
  • At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down.From the entry wear down
  • I'm sorry ma'am, but your cat's gone on to the sweet by and by.From the entry by and by
  • If you bring me a glass of sweet iced tea, I will give you a Yankee dime.From the entry Yankee dime
  • That packet only had ten sweets in it; what a swizz.From the entry swizz
  • Acme sweets have just brought out a tasty new chocolate bar.From the entry bring out
  • The smell of the magnolia brought back sweet memories of my childhood.From the entry bring back
  • I saw you steal those sweets. Now you're for the high jump!From the entry for the high jump
  • I have a sweet tooth: I love sugary treats.From the entry tooth
  • “And thank you for being so sweet,” replied her mom.From the entry thank you
  • I saw you steal those sweets! I'm telling!From the entry tell
  • The wishy-washy orange juice served by the cafeteria not only failed to be sweet; it was barely orange.From the entry wishy-washy
  • My little void is so sweet sometimes.From the entry void
  • I don't like melon much, and I don’t much care for milk chocolate either: I find them both much too sweet.From the entry much
  • There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.From the entry like

Meaning of sweet

  1. adjective Tasting of sugars.
  2. adjective Retaining a portion of sugar.
  3. adjective Not of a salty taste.

Full definition of sweet

Questions about sweet in a sentence

How do you use sweet in a sentence?
Sweet is used as an adjective, interjection and adverb. For example: “Sweet wines are better dessert wines.”
What is a short sentence with sweet?
“You're so sweet!”
What does sweet mean?
Sweet means tasting of sugars.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sweet (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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