How To Use flattery In A Sentence
- If he come to see me" (as it has always been reckoned a piece of neighbourly kindness to visit the sick) "he speaks vanity; that is, he pretends friendship, and that his errand is to mourn with me and to comfort me; he tells me he is very sorry to see me so much indisposed, and wishes me my health; but it is all flattery and falsehood. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
- Flattery will get you nowhere.
- The flattery made her expand.
- Flattery, cajolement, humble supplication and the finer maneuvers of tact, all have this in mind. The Foundations of Personality
- Deliciously charming or incredibly irritating, depending on your point of view, he is always ready with smooth-tongued flattery, eyes innocently beaming behind his spectacles.
- You look at love in a wise way and see the difference between flattery and genuine feelings. The Sun
- Sincere compliments from a coworker or a boss are nice, but outrageous flattery is often an attempt to draw you into a sociopath's snare. An Interview with Martha Stout
- Positive criticism is a good friend. Insincere flattery is a fake friend. Dr T.P.Chia
- Being proud and genteel New Englanders, the salon-goers covered up their patricide with flattery, duly noting Edwards's considerable intellect and pious reputation.
- I always like to say" Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery European Scientists and America, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty