How to Use saccharine in a Sentence

saccharine

adjective
  • The symbol of the rainbow is saccharine, an easy metaphor, but who cares.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • If this is starting to sound too saccharine, don’t worry—there’s still a case to crack.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2021
  • No time to hold in your throat the saccharine weight of idle conversation.
    — Hazlitt, 31 July 2024
  • But [her story] is told in a way that isn’t too saccharine or lecturing.
    — Erica Russell, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Overdo it, and your recipe becomes too saccharine.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Overdo it, and your recipe becomes too saccharine.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
  • But the berry and cream churro topped with cream cheese frosting and pink sprinkles proved a bit too saccharine for most in the group.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The flowers and vines of the Mudgee will lift the mood without going saccharine.
    — Boutique Rugs, CNN Underscored, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The palate is quite sweet, but not saccharine, with notes of fresh orange, maple syrup, vanilla custard, and pecan pie.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
  • These fun swirled shapes add a sense of whimsy and playfulness that pairs well with the saccharine color scheme.
    — Kathryn Pagel, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2023
  • There remain too many moments that are cloying and saccharine enough to induce toothache.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2018
  • Mighty Ducks series, whose saccharine content is likely to be through the roof.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Feb. 2021
  • No, not the food—the vector for this disease was a popular teen soap opera with a saccharine title.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 6 Mar. 2017
  • To keep the new series from getting too saccharine, the lives of Katy and her friends aren’t perfect all of the time.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Choose a shade with more of a patina; true blush can appear far too feminine and saccharine in the wrong lighting.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Wine snobs loved to hate it, objecting to its ultra-ripe flavors, writing it off as saccharine.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The sweetness was subtle, not saccharine.
    — Aisha Muharrar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Both of those things are hard to land in a way that’s interesting, not saccharine, but not punishing.
    — Tracy Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
  • The song is saccharine, soppy, and tongue-in-cheek, like all of Redd Kross’ best power pop songs.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024
  • The saccharine jazz pop standout calls to mind the glamour of Diana Ross.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Many of his films are structured like romcoms, minus the saccharine touches or hokey contrivances.
    — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The saccharine decorations, the chalky candy hearts that are better to give than to eat, and all of that pink, pink, pink.
    — Sadie Collins, Them, 24 Jan. 2025
  • There can be a saccharine sweetness to K-pop, and bubble gum is an aesthetic the genre doesn’t shy away from.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Betty still has her uniform of saccharine colors and a perky ponytail, but this version has a lot more agency.
    — Annina Mislin, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2018
  • There's an undeniable allure to the pale yellow shade, a saccharine hue that teeters the line on both mellow and bright.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 28 May 2026
  • My guess is that anti-sugar-in-grits people conflate any amount of sweetness with the overly saccharine.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
  • There’s a lot of whimsy, but the cuteness is intertwined with tough stuff, too difficult to be saccharine.
    — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Need some counterprogramming to the saccharine and the schlocky?
    — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • In Ars' eyes, at least, the show pivoted to more of a saccharine delivery system.
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Add a saccharine note to your look with these gold enamel huggies, available in white, pastel yellow, mint, baby blue and coral.
    — Lauren Caruso, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2020

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