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Meanings of ingratiating smile in English

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Usage of ingratiating smile in English
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The statue melted a trifle in the sunshine of Gabe's ingratiating smile.
Buttered Side Down: Stories
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Then he turned to another child and said with an ingratiating smile:
Nobody's Boy / Sans Famille
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His old foolish, ingratiating smile was on his face when he entered.
Till the Clock Stops
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I put on my most ingratiating smile and leaned into the conversation.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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Forcing an ingratiating smile onto his face, Fain made himself bow deeply.
The great hunt
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The musician turned to face the ingratiating smile of Raymond Owen.
The Perils of Pauline
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There being no reply, he turned to me with the same ingratiating smile,-
The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont
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Once, when he thought he had done so, he smiled an ingratiating smile.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
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She leant forward as far as she could, trembling, with an ingratiating smile.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
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Cherry Eater rubbed his hands together, an ingratiating smile opening within his red birthmark.
Shinjū
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With an ingratiating smile she turned to Bielfeld and said:
Frederick the Great and His Court
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As he passed, the man lifted his hat and bowed with an ingratiating smile.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
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So he strolled over to her with an ingratiating smile.
A Pagan of the Hills
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He leered down at her with what was meant to be an ingratiating smile.
The Sheriff's Son
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Domon put on what he hoped was an ingratiating smile.
The great hunt
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Then he moved up to him with an ingratiating smile, but stopped short again.
The Idiot
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