How to Use sweet spot in a Sentence

sweet spot

noun
  • There’s a sweet spot where boots should hit on the shin and calf.
    Anna Fiorentino, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Cedar hits the sweet spot in terms of look and pricing.
    Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Lizzie Sedakis swings at a pitch in the sweet spot and hits the ball to kingdom come.
    Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • And with its 41 mm sizing, the piece hits the sizing sweet spot.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Two years kind of out like that sweet spot where okay, two years in.
    USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2022
  • And according to George, the sweet spot is around a decade.
    Emma Goldberg Sarah Mollo-Christensen Tanya Pérez Sharon Kearney, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • This tale sits at the sticky-sweet spot where these tacks collide.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2022
  • It’s a true sweet spot among the dozens of trails that weave through the woodlands around Prescott’s Thumb Butte.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Anti-Hero,' though, is right at the sweet spot with 97 BPM.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Final Thoughts: For those who like to find the sweet spot and let the paddle tech do the rest.
    John Thompson, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The laptop—the core of many at-home-schooling sessions—seems to be the sweet spot.
    Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 27 June 2022
  • The sweet spot for most people is about 24 to 32 inches.
    Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The sweet spot for white papers is often six to eight pages.
    April Rudin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The early part of a rising rate cycle tends to be the sweet spot for banks.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • The sweet spot, experts say, is to clean them every two to five wears.
    Christina Pérez, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
  • So, the middle of a slope is the sweet spot for borderline hardy plants.
    oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Despite being the second-longest on the course, the 8th hole has been the sweet spot of Round 1.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
  • For the price, this Eufy sits in the sweet spot between the Blink and Arlo hardware.
    PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In the sliding scale of features vs. cost, this larger unit from GE is the sweet spot.
    Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Each learns not to stray too far from the sweet spot of the intensive ideal.
    Danielle Lindemann, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The sweet spot is to pay someone within 10% of the median of that pay range.
    Richard Abbey, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Is there a sweet spot in terms of the length or curation of these snippets?
    Shirley Ju, Variety, 11 Apr. 2022
  • For most guys, the sweet spot where your bathing suit should hit is about two inches above your knee.
    Men's Health, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The film’s time period is the early 2000s, which is the composers’ teenage sweet spots.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Note the 2002 date of creation, which seems to be the sweet spot for this year’s edition of the Hong Kong Watch Auction.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 20 May 2024
  • Is there an end goal in mind or a sweet spot in terms of size and working rhythm that would feel right to you?
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 26 July 2022
  • What about economic trends — what’s the sweet spot there?
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
  • That puts it in the sweet spot of aggregating salaries for trades.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2022
  • And Right: The sweet spot for world-changing ideas and enormous value.
    Naren Manoharan, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • This sweet spot is where likes, comments and shares flourish.
    Merag Shahzad, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

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