We're not going to try to sit here and try to sugarcoat what's happening right now or say something because it sounds good.
Children who sugarcoat hostility may have difficulties being assertive, never developing better coping strategies or skills for self-expression.
He has a story to tell and makes no attempt to sugar-coat the truth.
She told it like it was and never sugar-coated anything.
No one tried to sugarcoat it: bronze wasn't the medal the US team had come for.
We don't sugar coat anything about the hard work that is involved.
