adulatory

Example Sentences

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To his credit, author Michael Scherer professes good intentions in featuring Kennedy in such an adulatory light: to help bridge some of the political division plaguing our country.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

But she got adulatory national press for that gesture.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2023

Their book has provoked strong reactions, adulatory and critical.

From Scientific American • Feb. 28, 2022

Duda’s once strong support, bolstered by adulatory coverage in public media, began to slip once restrictions were lifted and other candidates could campaign.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2020

Somewhere between the dignified despair of Daniel Webster, and the adulatory slang of these gentry we must look for the actual truth about Jackson's administration.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)