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Significados de ingratiation em inglês

The act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments.

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Examples for "insinuation"
Examples for "insinuation"
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The insinuation was in her voice as well as in her words.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 03
2
The insinuation wounded Pitt deeply; and his intercourse with Auckland entirely ceased.
William Pitt and the Great War
3
She knew the value of insinuation in such a battle as this.
The Rocks of Valpré
4
There seemed to her to be a covert insinuation in the remark.
The Bars of Iron
5
Her mind had been overwrought, and she caught insinuation in his voice.
The Right of Way — Volume 01
Uso de ingratiation em inglês
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A hansom cab offers peculiar facilities for the aforesaid process of ingratiation.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
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Not a hint of ingratiation, and all the more winning for that.
The Guardian
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Not merely by ingratiation or sincerity, and not by being famous or beautiful.
What the dog saw: and other adventures
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But I liked her startling asperity; the idea that mentioning him was an ingratiation.
The Guardian
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The woman shifted her position, and changed her tone to one of cunning ingratiation.
Out of the Ashes
6
The old fellow had a nice line in self-pitying ingratiation.
Long time coming: a novel
7
He could not resist her beauty, her warmth, her ingratiation.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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He said in a voice permanently gruff, but impregnated with a species of professional ingratiation:
Beyond
9
He had a remarkable gift of ingratiation with anyone who could be of service to him.
Over the Pass
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It was as if she were amused, not absent-minded nor yet a prey to the feminine immorality of ingratiation.
Romance Island
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For Gordy, when absolutely forced to face an unknown woman, could bring to the encounter a certain bluff ingratiation.
The Dark Flower
12
Marie stood framed in her wild cucumber-vine, regarding the captain with her pretty ingratiation, but not another smile she got.
The Debtor: A Novel
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He petted her, and she slid into his arms with a child-like ingratiation that made his heart swell with pity.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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The only other way was by ingratiation, but I was damned if that was ever going to happen to me again.
The power of one
15
No wonder that Judd, unlike his foremost contemporary, the all-forgiving Andy Warhol, has no iconic presence in the larger culture: he is ingratiation-free.
The new yorker
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A normal reaction might run the gamut from panic, fear, and offers of cooperation, through self-pity and ingratiation to anger, even defiant threats.
The Apocalypse Codex
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