ingratiating

Example Sentences

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Amazon toyed with yet another way of ingratiating itself into the lives of you and your family through an Alexa-enabled wearable for kids, Bloomberg reports.

From The Verge

The unfortunate emphasis on networking — which ought to mean only ingratiating oneself with useful people, not trying to use them on the spot — has meant that no one has time off to have fun.

From Washington Post

His incessant small talk had already irritated Miller, who could see that Jimmy was ingratiating himself because he operated in an “economy of favors.”

From New York Times

Whereas Burnham kept the audience out of it, “Irresponsible” took a more ingratiating route, with a shot that indicated it was OK to laugh before keeping things moving.

From New York Times

Luckily its proprietor is the warm and ingratiating Sandi Harding, who reckons that by now she has given a job to almost every teenager in the town of Bend, Ore., where the store operates.

From New York Times