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

What begins as a backstage satire of white cluelessness and Black ingratiation gradually broadens and darkens into something far more mysterious: a peculiarly American tale of lost opportunity.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

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

“Then I shall have to call another time,” said the woman, with a mixture of ingratiation and despair.

From The Debtor A Novel by Stevens, William Dodge