ingratiation
Example Sentences
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The real giveaway, though, is the compulsive ingratiation.
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2023
What’s clear these days is that this edifice of ingratiation is shaky.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022
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
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
“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
