sycophant

Example Sentences

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The people who served in the Trump administration, the White House, knew that they had to be sycophants, or they would be out.

From Salon

He was so loyal that the vice-presidential historian Joel K. Goldstein called him the “sycophant in chief.”

From New York Times

That led to the first glimmers among conservatives that perhaps he is not ready for prime time, notwithstanding the fruitless efforts of his sycophants to depict his confusion as the product of deep thinking.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s also a chance that sycophants will haunt offices to leapfrog those who don’t,” Ms. Poole says.

From New York Times

He can give stirring speeches to a handful of unquestioning, hand-picked sycophants who know when to cheer and boo.

From Salon