flattery

When contact is established, scammers work to build trust through flattery, shared personal experiences, romantic interest, fake testimonials and, yes, promises of love or money, the bureau adds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

He seemed unwilling or unable to pass up the chance to listen to the endless, empty flattery coming from the stage, along with the cheers of thousands of rambunctious supporters.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Earlier flattery aimed at the president has even taken epistolary form.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

With a mix of flattery and blind optimism, Seoul succeeded in setting up a first-ever meeting between a sitting US president and Kim Jong Un in 2018.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

For there is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that by telling you the truth they will not injure you.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

But I learned as little about Herman from these flatteries as I did from Einhorn’s gushing cliches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2021

And this servant is called by the natives Parabystus, because he works his way into the company of those men even who do not willingly receive him, by the very skilful character of his flatteries.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

His steadfast refusal to renounce either his faith or his party, in spite of flatteries, threats, promises and persuasions, had raised him to the proud position of a Protestant martyr.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Eva Scott

Such demonstrations of homage were most frequently got up by the crafty chamberlain, who sagaciously reckoned that, if these flatteries did not always obtain the king's applause, they seldom called forth his displeasure.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann

This was such a proportion of sense and shrewdness as sudden wealth and its destructive flatteries had no power to assail.

From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood