When negotiations stall, the manager sweetens the pot by offering extra vacation days to seal the deal.

By sweetening the pot with a signing bonus, the startup convinced the candidate to accept the job.

After fermentation, the cidermaker back-sweetened the batch to balance the tartness.

The cellar manager back-sweetens the cider before bottling to balance the tartness.

To balance the dryness, the brewer decided to back-sweeten the cider with a small amount of unfermented apple juice.

The brewer is back-sweetening the batch to balance the tartness before bottling.

A squeeze of lemon sweetens up the bitter tea in an instant.

She sweetened up the iced tea with a little honey before serving it to guests.

Sweetening up the proposal, she added a personal note and a small discount.