flattery
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When contact is established, scammers work to build trust through flattery, shared personal experiences, romantic interest, fake testimonials and, yes, promises of love or money, the bureau adds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
He seemed unwilling or unable to pass up the chance to listen to the endless, empty flattery coming from the stage, along with the cheers of thousands of rambunctious supporters.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Earlier flattery aimed at the president has even taken epistolary form.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
With a mix of flattery and blind optimism, Seoul succeeded in setting up a first-ever meeting between a sitting US president and Kim Jong Un in 2018.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Shallow flattery for the big tipper, the judge thought.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
But I learned as little about Herman from these flatteries as I did from Einhorn’s gushing cliches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2021
We approve neither of the flatteries of one side, nor the insultings of the other.
From An Answer to a Question that Nobody thinks of, viz., But what if the Queen should Die? by Daniel Defoe
Her very silence was sweet to me with the subtlest of flatteries.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
After that, he had half an hour or more of flatteries and compliments.
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
How frail a thing is the worldly man's friendship, hanging on flatteries and community of interest!
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Vocabulary lists containing flattery
Gathering Blue
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"The Necklace" and "The Fashion Show"
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Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 5
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