flattering

Example Sentences

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Sure, the economic data doesn’t paint the most flattering picture at the moment.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

This is where Apple’s own history is worth pulling in, and where it is less flattering than the standard telling.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Lenders would have a strong incentive to use the credit report that is most flattering to the borrower since they aren’t on the hook if a loan defaults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

We’ve cleared the postcard phase of winter — the fat twinkle lights, the bow-strapped storefronts, the flattering first snow — but spring has not yet agreed to show up.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

And these differ from each other, sometimes dramatically, reflecting the authors’ biases and ignorance, and their informants’ manipulation of history to cast a flattering light on their family lines.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann