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UK
/swˈiːthɑːt/
]
[ US /ˈswitˌhɑɹt/ ]
[ US /ˈswitˌhɑɹt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically)
another sweetheart deal based on political influence
NOUN
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- a person loved by another person
-
any well-liked individual
he's a sweetheart
How To Use sweetheart In A Sentence
- As he rose in society, his romantic entanglements damaged his career and he returned to his former sweetheart in Ireland. Times, Sunday Times
- His Australian hosts piled on more pressure yesterday, saying that sweetheart deals that allowed corporations to dodge tax in countries where they made profits amounted to theft. Times, Sunday Times
- You're not levelling with me, sweetheart.
- We know for a fact that we've asked for information around the contracts, these special deals, what we call the sweetheart deal, and this has not been forthcoming, both from government and from Eskom itself. Democracy Now!
- ‘Rise and shine, sweetheart,’ I opened my eyes, feeling groggy and tired.
- And her whirlwind rise to national sweetheart is not the only drastic change she has undergone this year. The Sun
- A Very Long Engagement tells the story of Mathilde, a young woman from a small farming community in France who falls in love with her childhood sweetheart.
- ‘It was a very brave thing you did today, sweetheart,’ she smiled.
- I remember the first time that I decided I was going to cook dinner for a guy, and it was my High School sweetheart, and I was 16, so I decided to cook his favourite dish, which was chicken cacciatore.
- He took $6 million through a really questionable sweetheart backroom deal with the Bush administration.