flatter

Example Sentences

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The movie is flattering, but it’s also genuinely revealing, and it’s clearly reaching an audience that never expected to be so enthralled by research about protein structures.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Keeping it in flatter parts of the landscape, where lots of solutions perform similarly well, turns out to be what allows these models to generalize."

From Science Daily

“I rejoice,” he wrote Watt, reporting on their engine’s success, “as I now hope and flatter myself that we are at the eve of a fortune.”

From Barron's

“I rejoice,” he wrote Watt, reporting on their engine’s success, “as I now hope and flatter myself that we are at the eve of a fortune.”

From Barron's

The former midfield maestro was expected to overhaul Madrid's game with a cerebral and tactically adroit approach, but his team flattered to deceive.

From Barron's