Flattery designed to gain favor.
Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
To flatter in an obsequious manner.
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Examples for "flatter "
Examples for "flatter "
1 We flatter ourselves by thinking that this takes place somewhere far away.
2 It was in no way cheap; it did not flatter slothful ears.
3 The flatter the land grew, the broader did the lordly river become.
4 In contrast, the private sector can be flatter but is less transparent.
5 The opposite also rings true: Some women might have wider, flatter feet.
1 The nurse and governess tried to blandish her, in vain.
2 Well, you will say, why couldn't she blandish and cajole Stephen for a sovereign or so?
3 Ay, there's no man too sour and no woman too old that he'll not blandish , if he gets the chance.
4 Lady Blandish turned over the leaves, and came upon the later jottings.
5 Lady Blandish remarked: I think she might just as well have returned.
1 He's this psychoanalyst who I kind of adulate and write a lot about in this new book.
2 It was like: who was going to have a Beatles assembly to adulate the Beatles the most?
3 If this brand-new nightspot was the location of the season, these dedicated pilgrims would line up to adulate .
4 He had none of that peace and goodwill towards men with which those of us who are not Mohammedans adulate the approach of the season.
5 And to think that the nineteenth century takes on airs and adulates itself.
1 You're not going to soften me up with your sweet-talking blarney anymore.
2 Sure, the blarney - stone is getting a good rub now, I said playfully.
3 Now go 'way wid your blarney , and don't be talking to me.
4 The closest word the German language has for blarney is Schmus.
5 No doubt his blarney was a source of inspiration for me.
6 Lizzie spoke soothingly, all the blarney of Kerry in her voice.
7 The sweet gift of blarney dwelt on his broad red lips.
8 Her gaze narrowed at the touch of blarney in his voice.
9 I know he's a soft talker, and can blarney to beat the band.
10 And she laughed and said something about being good at blarney , whatever that means.
11 Having first dosed me with blarney , he proceeded to deluge the legislature with balderdash.
12 Is it a blarney stone or a lump of gold that Mike has found?
13 The abilities of the Honourable Tom Ferrol lay in a splendid plausibility, a spontaneous blarney .
14 Clopin interrupted him: I believe that you are trying to blarney us with your jargon.
15 Any more and I'll think you're full of blarney .
16 Him with his blarney about us being related. She hoisted up the bosoms and sniffed.
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