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Definition of Sweetens
1. sweeten [v] - See also: sweeten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweetens
Literary usage of Sweetens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Granite State Magazine edited by George Waldo Browne (1906)
"Be it maiden or mother or lover, ' Tis the giver who sweetens the kiss. We behold
not the beauty of flowers, Till their freshness and fragrance have flown; ..."
2. Lamia's Winter-quarters by Alfred Austin (1898)
"The woodbine, somewhere out of sight, sweetens the loneliness of night. The Sister
Stars, that once were seven, Mourn for their missing mate in Heaven. ..."
3. From the Flag to the Cross: Or, Scenes and Incidents of Christianity in the by Amos Stevens Billingsley (1872)
"... GROUND — RATIONS — DIET — ENLARGED — THE FOOD WOULD PRODUCE DISEASE AMONG
SWINE— THE MOONLIGHT PRAYER - MEETING — RELIGION sweetens THE BITTEREST CUP. ..."
4. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax: Poems : in Search of 1. the Picturesque, 2 by William Combe (1871)
"... It gives to pleasure higher aims, It sweetens honour's fairest claims, And
banishes each fretful strife That oft disturbs domestic life. ..."
5. Granite State Magazine edited by George Waldo Browne (1906)
"Be it maiden or mother or lover, ' Tis the giver who sweetens the kiss. We behold
not the beauty of flowers, Till their freshness and fragrance have flown; ..."
6. Lamia's Winter-quarters by Alfred Austin (1898)
"The woodbine, somewhere out of sight, sweetens the loneliness of night. The Sister
Stars, that once were seven, Mourn for their missing mate in Heaven. ..."
7. From the Flag to the Cross: Or, Scenes and Incidents of Christianity in the by Amos Stevens Billingsley (1872)
"... GROUND — RATIONS — DIET — ENLARGED — THE FOOD WOULD PRODUCE DISEASE AMONG
SWINE— THE MOONLIGHT PRAYER - MEETING — RELIGION sweetens THE BITTEREST CUP. ..."
8. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax: Poems : in Search of 1. the Picturesque, 2 by William Combe (1871)
"... It gives to pleasure higher aims, It sweetens honour's fairest claims, And
banishes each fretful strife That oft disturbs domestic life. ..."
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