ingratiation
Example Sentences
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There isn’t a drop of ingratiation in it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
In black leather pants, he dances across the stage, flirting with the crowd with as much ingratiation as the camera fawningly displays toward him.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
What’s clear these days is that this edifice of ingratiation is shaky.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
Bob is a unique figure in Hardy’s CV: he is basically likable and relatable, and Hardy’s face and style have always resisted this kind of ingratiation.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2020
"I beg pardon," I somewhat tremulously began, but he waved the coming apology aside as easily, as he had my first attempt at ingratiation.
From The Mayor's Wife by Anna Katharine Green
