ingratiation

Example Sentences

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His first song, usually in musicals a moment for ingratiation, is instead a bitter snit called “How Can I Call This Home?”

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

He understood that one of the peculiar things about comedy is that the line between irritation and ingratiation could easily blur.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Because Childress uses the play’s structure to express her theme, the ingratiation naturally comes first, and Charles Randolph-Wright’s lively staging leads with warmth and humor.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

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

Marie stood framed in her wild cucumber-vine, regarding the captain with her pretty ingratiation, but not another smile she got.

From The Debtor A Novel by Stevens, William Dodge