How To Use sycophancy In A Sentence
- Of course, it all has to be done well; sycophancy and flat jokes do not weave the same spell.
- Their work survives, and when you have assessed the monstrous flattery at its true worth, swept it aside and come down to the real facts of his life, you make the discovery that the proudest title their sycophancy could bestow and his own fatuity accept -- Le Roi Soleil, the Sun-King -- makes him what indeed he is: a king of opera bouffe. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
- What weakness is it that you can never tolerate? --- Sycophancy and servile flattery.
- Blair's "sycophancy" led us into Iraq, says former DPP WN.com - Articles related to Petraeus says British hostage kidnapped in Iraq was 'certainly' held in Iran
- Gerson attributed this "condemnable" obstinancy to the necessity of sycophancy, calling it "a deadly poison with which the organism of the Church is impregnated to the very marrow" (Ibid, II, 247). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
- If your boss is an egomaniac, sycophancy always pays dividends.
- Lay in a large stock of "gammon" and pennyroyal -- carefully strip and pare all the tainted parts away, when this can be done without destroying the whole -- wrap it up in printed paper, containing all possible virtues -- baste with flattery, stuff with adulation, garnish with fictitious attributes, and a strong infusion of sycophancy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841
- A variety of public institutions with stands at the festival seem to have tried to outdo each other in their sycophancy and slavish devotion.
- Having been bitten several times before by this -- warrantless wiretapping and the Miers nomination leap to mind -- you would think that Congress would have learned by now that the Bush administration views them as an annoyance rather than a co-equal partner in governing, and that any behavior by the legislative branch other than complete sycophancy is considered to be treasonous. February 2006
- So if you had any doubt about who owns the Republicans and their nether regions, this latest exercise in craven sycophancy should pretty much put that to rest. Steele's Re-education