ingratiation
Example Sentences
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In black leather pants, he dances across the stage, flirting with the crowd with as much ingratiation as the camera fawningly displays toward him.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023
And yet, the ingratiation, however distracting, is also strategic.
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2023
He understood that one of the peculiar things about comedy is that the line between irritation and ingratiation could easily blur.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023
Deceptive ingratiation can mean laughing at unfunny jokes, and honest ingratiation can be connecting with the interviewer over real shared interests, like hiking or watching the Knicks.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022
I think the latter term is used generally as a means of ingratiation with the ladies, to whom my vagabond always shows a demeanor of agreeable gallantry.
From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
