ingratiate

Example Sentences

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He appeared to ingratiate himself into royal circles too, becoming a director of Pitch@Palace in 2016, and being appointed to the board of a royal charity, St George's House.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Andy looks like a human adult but behaves like an awkward, stammering middle-schooler eager to ingratiate himself with his peers by telling toothless jokes straight out of a Scholastic pun manual.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024

For some reason, he thought that was a friendly way to ingratiate himself to this African American man.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

They were just dudes from Aberdeen and they had to ingratiate themselves into the Seattle scene.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

“I expect Basta's divided it out among Capricorn's maids. He likes to ingratiate himself with them.”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke