ingratiation

Example Sentences

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His first song, usually in musicals a moment for ingratiation, is instead a bitter snit called “How Can I Call This Home?”

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 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

Bob is a unique figure in Hardy’s CV: he is basically likable and relatable, and Hardy’s face and style have always resisted this kind of ingratiation.

From The Guardian • May 14, 2020

The production is left to distract by ingratiation, with its comedy rhythms and clarinetty music.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020

"I beg pardon," I somewhat tremulously began, but he waved the coming apology aside as easily, as he had my first attempt at ingratiation.

From The Mayor's Wife by Green, Anna Katharine