ingratiation
Example Sentences
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There isn’t a drop of ingratiation in it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
The real giveaway, though, is the compulsive ingratiation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
Some two-thirds of job applicants use deceptive ingratiation, and over half admit to slight image creation, according to research by Dr. Bourdage and Dr. Roulin.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
Also part of her strategy is a total lack of ingratiation, not only to authorities, but also to her boyfriend and even to the audience.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2020
She had made an excursion into a new land where feeble compliments were dispensed with and where meek-eyed ingratiation seemed not to exist.
From Under the Skylights by Henry Blake Fuller
