flattering

Example Sentences

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Flattering the tastes of your target audience — catering to its insecurities — is Marketing 101.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2020

Flattering journalists helps coverage; it doesn't necessarily help Oscar bids.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2016

Flattering books come out all the time, whether a biography of Dick Cheney by Weekly Standard writer Stephen Hayes or Chris Matthews' "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero."

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2012

Flattering the ref further, therealjordan.com added, “This complaint is in line with China’s approach to IPR issues.”

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 24, 2012

Flattering expressions of confidence and esteem succeeded, and the whole was enforced by the distribution of a few presents.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis