The thought of this sweetened all his toils.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Good possessed the ability to open his mouth and, without seeming effort or preparation, to pour forth a volume of sweetened wind or a volume of scathing philippics.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
He suspected that Mr. Skinner came to Miss Pinckney's "for what he could get," that he liked a chair by her fire in the back parlour, and that the glass of hot gin and water, sweetened to his taste, with a bit of lemon floating on the top, was his grand attraction.
"Little Miss Joy"
Emma Marshall