flattery

Example Sentences

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Admittedly, heaping this much flattery onto a tawdry piece of airport fiction adapted into a Sydney Sweeney-starring, big-screen sensation may seem hyperbolic.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

The tool has shown promise in preventing excessive flattery, which can fall flat with Gen Z women, Roth said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Is flattery and kindness a means to an end for these guys?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

The guidelines urged those at risk to regularly review privacy settings of online profiles and to "keep track of odd social interactions" such as approaches that involve "overt flattery".

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

She also felt a strange flattery: the idea of herself as swift and darting and birdlike was new and pleasant, because she had always thought of herself as dogged and plodding.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman