flatterer

Example Sentences

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But David, ruthless Jacobin turned imperial flatterer, can offer young artists especially a more profound view of the fraught relationship of painting and politics.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020

He is a charmer, a wheedler, a flatterer and an occasional bully.

From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2019

Scotcher is a charming young flatterer who has told everyone that he is terminally ill, with kidney disease.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

Macron emerges from his Washington trip as a clever, somewhat devious French counterpoint to Trump — a flatterer, manipulator and charmer.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2018

Anyone who does otherwise either comes to ruin because of the flatterer, or keeps changing his mind in the face of different opinions; resulting in a low estimation of his worth.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli