ingratiation

Example Sentences

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And yet, the ingratiation, however distracting, is also strategic.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2023

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

And so they escalate their efforts at ingratiation, plotting disastrous reunions first with Hilda’s estranged sister, and then with her former flame.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

What’s clear these days is that this edifice of ingratiation is shaky.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

"O yes, I knew her long ago," said Fleda, thinking it might be as well to throw in a spice of ingratiation.

From Queechy, Volume I by Warner, Susan