sweet thing
/ˈswit ˌθɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sweet, thing.
Example Sentences
- "“Hey, sweet thing. Did that catch impress you?” “You always impress me, Frankie. What's Garth doing at quarterback?” Jilly asked."
- "“Here you go, sweet thing.” Megan snatched the bottle Danielle offered, sucked greedily, gazing up with great goggle eyes. Danielle; smoothed a lick of blond fuzz at the apex of the baby's; silky forehead, murmured soft, sleepy-time words that flowed so naturally, an onlooker would never believe that she hadn't borne the child herself."
- "“Everyone is gone now, sweet thing. Follow my lead.” He stared in her eyes and made sure she was hearing what he was saying. “In.” He took a deep breath in. “Out,” he continued when he knew she was doing as he said. A couple more times and it looked as though she might make it without passing out on him."