Collocations for sweet - adj.
1. tasting like sugar/smelling pleasant
VERBS
be,
smell,
taste
The air smelled sweet and clean.
The air smelled sweet and clean.
make sth
find sth
I found the dessert a little sweet for my taste.
find sth
I found the dessert a little sweet for my taste.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
a little, slightly, etc.
enough
Is the tea sweet enough for you?
a little, slightly, etc.
enough
Is the tea sweet enough for you?
sickly
an overpowering, sickly sweet smell
an overpowering, sickly sweet smell
2. nice
VERBS
be,
look,
seem,
sound
keep sb (informal)
He'd promised her a new car, just to keep her sweet (= keep her in a good mood).
keep sb (informal)
He'd promised her a new car, just to keep her sweet (= keep her in a good mood).
PHRASES
dear sweet …
My dear sweet sister Jillie.
My dear sweet sister Jillie.
short and sweet
I'll keep it short and sweet (= speak briefly).
I'll keep it short and sweet (= speak briefly).
sweet and innocent
She looked so sweet and innocent.
She looked so sweet and innocent.
sweet little
a sweet little smile
a sweet little smile
Sweet is used with these nouns:
air, apple, aroma, champagne, cherry, cider, coffee, corn, craving, cream, deal, dessert, dish, disposition, drink, embrace, face, flavour, flesh, food, fragrance, fruit, gesture, girl, grape, guy, innocence, jar, kiss, lady, melody, memory, music, odour, onion, orange, pastry, pepper, perfume, potato, relief, revenge, roll, sauce, scent, sherry, smell, smile, snack, sound, spot, talk, taste, tea, thing, tone, treat, trolley, voice, wine, wrapper
air, apple, aroma, champagne, cherry, cider, coffee, corn, craving, cream, deal, dessert, dish, disposition, drink, embrace, face, flavour, flesh, food, fragrance, fruit, gesture, girl, grape, guy, innocence, jar, kiss, lady, melody, memory, music, odour, onion, orange, pastry, pepper, perfume, potato, relief, revenge, roll, sauce, scent, sherry, smell, smile, snack, sound, spot, talk, taste, tea, thing, tone, treat, trolley, voice, wine, wrapper