Example sentences for: flattering

How can you use “flattering” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Mailer had sent Faulkner every book he had ever written, all with flattering inscriptions, and never received so much as a thank-you.

  • He does have some Clinton-like traits, such as his obsession with his mother, his smarminess, and his flattering blather.

  • [A]nd should the flattering expectation of obtaining this advantage for ourselves be considered entirely as chimerical?

  • But she rephrases the question in flattering terms: "For someone like me, who's a very passionate, loving woman, I think you often get close to that line."

  • The Post story refers to Clinton's appeals in these appearances for the expansion of individual liberties and his polite but unambiguous condemnation of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, but then says he's spent far more time flattering Chinese audiences than challenging them.


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