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Meanings of sweet nothings in English

Catalan
carantoines
Spanish
halagos

Inconsequential expressions of affection.

carantoines
Synonyms
Examples for "honeyed words"
Examples for "honeyed words"
1
The court employs honeyed words and nuanced phrases, but the message is clear.
The Irish Times
2
Talk to him in honeyed words lest he rise up and slay you.
A Stir of Echoes
3
With the most marvellous volubility of honeyed words she greeted them.
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
4
Marietta was proudly happy, and listened with sparkling eyes to his honeyed words.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
5
Are you wooing her with honeyed words on the bloody soil of Virginia?
Gala-Days
Usage of sweet nothings in English
1
He's probably in his room with it right now, whispering sweet nothings.
The Pilo Family Circus
2
She is stooping to peer at the baby; to whisper sweet nothings perhaps?
Independent.ie
3
He whispered more sweet nothings in her ear and then the talking stopped.
Ebony
4
Murmuring sweet nothings, he unzipped himself, found an accommodating niche, and filled it.
Complete Books of Blood
5
Some charlatan wanders through whispering sweet nothings in their ears and-
The Illustrated Man
6
Said woman was either whispering political figures or sweet nothings in the representative's ear.
The bone chamber
7
Voices whispering sweet nothings from the ether equals bad news.
The god machine
8
Exchanging such sweet nothings, they slowly made their way back to rejoin the company.
The Ball at Sceaux
9
Your comments are " sweet nothings," devoid of real meaning and content.
Climbing Magazine
10
Everything he was saying to me was sweet nothings.
News.com.au
11
This gentleman here didn't whisper sweet nothings in your ear-andthis one didn't kiss Anna?
The Triple Marriage
12
Under-tended plants are a long way from understanding sweet nothings spoken softly to them, he explains.
Wired
13
Hyakutake spoke sweet nothings; they cocked their ears.
Skeptics and true believers: the exhilarating connection between...
14
But will these tweets turn into sweet nothings?
The Irish Times
15
They could just whisper sweet nothings in my ear and then dart back to their computers.
The Guardian
16
There were other men in my life who whispered sweet nothings during sex, even quoted poetry.
Kiss The Dead
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Translations for sweet nothings
Sweet nothings through the time
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