flattering
Example Sentences
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Kirkland was not a paparazzo: Stars looked to him for portrayals of themselves that were distinctive and flattering.
Other recent data points haven’t exactly painted a flattering picture of the state of the U.S. consumer and labor market.
From MarketWatch
Other critics were more flattering, with the Financial Times's Danny Leigh giving it three stars.
From BBC
On the one hand, it was flattering, because she was right that I had chosen him.
From Literature
“You can talk about yourself in a way that’s flattering, while paying service to those who worked for you or with you,” she said.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
