adulatory

Example Sentences

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But she got adulatory national press for that gesture.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2023

Their book has provoked strong reactions, adulatory and critical.

From Scientific American • Feb. 28, 2022

In buying their stakes in the private company, venture investors ultimately valued Theranos at a putative $9 billion, which led to another wave of adulatory publicity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2022

His prior reportage on the U.S. military, including a book focused on MacArthur that he later called "too adulatory," helped secure his access.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2020

But even as he spoke we heard the adulatory shouts of the royal crier somewhere in our vicinity.

From The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason by Le Queux, William