flattering
Example Sentences
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The 73-year-old retired clown started in fourth grade, with a poem about his teacher; it wasn’t flattering, but he got a kick out of saying what he thought.
As confident as I am about my process and my artistic view, it’s very flattering.
From Los Angeles Times
The figure doesn’t paint an especially flattering picture of the current job market.
From MarketWatch
The Vancouver-based retailer revolutionized athletic apparel with leggings that were so functional and flattering that people wore them to not only yoga class but brunch, the supermarket and just about everywhere else.
Lululemon was an upstart that revolutionized athletic apparel with its leggings that were so functional and flattering that women wore them not just to yoga class but brunch, the supermarket and just about everywhere else.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
