A place where sugar is manufactured.
Used in a Sentence
sugary
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sugary.
Editorial note
The biggest cause of the problem is empty calories in the form of sugary soft drinks.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
A place where sugar is manufactured.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of sugary gathered in one view.
A place where maple-juice is manufactured.
Of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for sugary.
noun
A place where sugar is manufactured.
noun
A place where maple-juice is manufactured.
adjective
Of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
adjective
(figurative, somewhat derogatory) Exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.
Example sentences
The biggest cause of the problem is empty calories in the form of sugary soft drinks.
Studies were carried out at a mental hospital where patients were force fed sugary sweets to provoke caries.
Highly processed foods are now going to be much less greasy/oily and much more sugary to attract consumers.
In this case, numbers where chosen as method names and sugary procedures defined outside the object itself.
See for example the statistics about sugary-beverage advertising, and how society must ultimately pay for the health consequences [1].
No memory management, not deployment dependencies, full of nice sugary high level abstractions, and cross platform Windows/Linux.
Science creates artificial sweeteners, so as to sate the new desire for sugary food and drink.
And does she need to spend $4 on a sugary drink several times a week?
That hamburger comes with a calorie loaded, glucose spiking bun, and sugary sauce.
Do you eat sugary or stachy foods, coke or energy drinks for instance?
Reporting fluffy, sugary news like this story is much safer than doing any real journalism about the dozens of real issues facing the country.
And I didn't have to put sugary sauce or carb heavy buns on my meal.
Quote examples
But today the big media outlets serve up sugary teeth rotting cereal and try to pass it off as "part of this complete breakfast".
In a world where extremely sugary products such as fruit juice and even sugar cane juice can claim "no sugar added" prominently on the label, I find this statement to be problematic.
Now the fruit delivered to your grocer is also more sweet and sugary than these same fruits were centuries ago because they've bred them to please the customer, and that has some society issues that need to be addressed (being "healthy" and eating apples and bananas is too much like eating sugary snacks these days)...
Centers for Disease Control researcher Stephen Onufrak has found that the less young people trust water fountains, the more sugary beverages they drink" - That doesn't sound like an actual study to me, just a hunch....
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use sugary in a sentence?
The biggest cause of the problem is empty calories in the form of sugary soft drinks.
What does sugary mean?
A place where sugar is manufactured.
What part of speech is sugary?
sugary is commonly used as noun, adjective.