flatter
Example Sentences
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The 73-year-old retired clown started in fourth grade, with a poem about his teacher; it wasn’t flattering, but he got a kick out of saying what he thought.
You can see where this last factor, leverage, might unduly flatter the ROE of overborrowers.
From Barron's
You can see where this last factor, leverage, might unduly flatter the ROE of overborrowers.
From Barron's
“The soft tone to October should be offset by a solid November, although the latter will be flattered a bit,” Robert Kavcic, senior economist at Bank of Montreal Capital Markets, said.
As confident as I am about my process and my artistic view, it’s very flattering.
From Los Angeles Times
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