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- adjective
comparative form ofsweet : moresweet
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Examples
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Mrs. There was no harm in the accustomed title, to his taste; but she disliking it, he did the same, on her special behalf; and the prospect, funereally draped, of a title sweeter-sounding to her ears, was above his horizon.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868
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Mrs. There was no harm in the accustomed title, to his taste; but she disliking it, he did the same, on her special behalf; and the prospect, funereally draped, of a title sweeter-sounding to her ears, was above his horizon.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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The lesser amount of water could account for what some called a sweeter flavor and it could be the reason that the organic strawberries lasted longer on the shelves.
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But what made it sweeter, is that they had taken action.
Picnic Dave Hingsburger 2007
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Allah, sweeter is than friend who is of pardon fain.
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But how much sweeter is that coffee now that Sadaam is not in power?
Think Progress » With “Last Throes” Debunked, Rice Unveils “The Latte Defense” 2005
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What makes his selection sweeter is he gets to play on the same All-Star team with his older brother Pavel.
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In our hearts we feel that there is a word sweeter than mother, home, or heaven.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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So, here and now, I say to my autograph admirers, from New York to San Francisco, whenever you see "There is a word sweeter than Mother, Home, or Heaven -- that word is Liberty," remember it belongs to Matilda Joslyn Gage.
Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1858
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He finds the word sweeter, the accent of which he has already learned to be on the first syllable, sweet.
Miscellany 1784
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