ingratiating

Example Sentences

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To investigators in the U.K., what’s glaring instead is that his ingratiating friends leaked privileged financial information to the former banker that he might have parlayed into insider-trading gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The theory, perhaps, is that ingratiating themselves to the locals during this week's tune-ups might soften the vitriol which comes their way over the weekend.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

Thus far, he seems to have done a terrible job of ingratiating himself to others: Most recently, the office’s top criminal prosecutor resigned rather than follow his allegedly improper orders.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2025

Both show off Glaser’s gift for grabbing a subject, attacking it from every side, playing smart and dumb, ingratiating and insulting, going sweet or sour.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

He walked with an upright carriage, both ingratiating and defiant—but one shoulder was higher than the other.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White