ingratiation
Example Sentences
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There isn’t a drop of ingratiation in it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
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
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
“Now, maybe you got some kids?” he added, with an automatic grin of ingratiation.
From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum
