SWEETMEAT in a Sentence

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It was a human storm, made up of a thunder of cries, and a hail of sweetmeats, flowers, eggs, oranges, and nosegays.

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 Meanings and Examples of SWEETMEAT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sweetmeat
 n.  sweet delicacy; a confection
Classic Sentence:
1  Their toilet finished, they descended; the carriage awaited them at the door, filled with sweetmeats and bouquets.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
2  He rose in his turn, and seizing handfuls of confetti and sweetmeats, with which the carriage was filled, cast them with all the force and skill he was master of.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
3  It was a human storm, made up of a thunder of cries, and a hail of sweetmeats, flowers, eggs, oranges, and nosegays.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
4  So Meg wrestled alone with the refractory sweetmeats all that hot summer day, and at five o'clock sat down in her topsy-turvey kitchen, wrung her bedaubed hands, lifted up her voice and wept.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
5  If not sweetmeats, then a dirty ice.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 29
Example Sentence:
1  If the world were seeking a real-life Willy Wonka, it would have struggled to get closer than Michele Ferrero, the confectioner who seduced millions with his genius for mass-market chocolatey sweetmeats and yet remained an enigmatic recluse.