flattery

Graham was, rhetorically, almost pathetically in Trump’s thrall, heaping flattery onto a president who’d once posted Graham’s phone number online for mass harassment.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

But Rutte countered with a mix of flattery and countervailing facts that has thus far kept Trump engaged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

The surprising revelation was part of a torrent of flattery, pomp and circumstance unleashed by Trump as Charles and Queen Camilla visited the White House.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

If imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery, perhaps Americans should take a bow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

All those years of running from city to city one step ahead of the Usurper's knives, pleading for help from archons and princes and magisters, buying our food with flattery.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

No "star" could have been less spoilt by the flatteries of success or by those wonderful receptions he receives night after night.

From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.

I bring no tales, nor flatteries: in my tongue, Sir, I carry no fork'd stings.

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject by Beaumont, Francis

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

From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf

I too have charms, Sweet flatteries, dulcet wiles; and to my side He shall be faithful ever.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo