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

Montagu, whilst musically jingling in trowser-pocket handful of newly-minted sovereigns, equally adulatory.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 11, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir