sycophant

Example Sentences

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“A sycophant with no combat experience has to tell Xi what Xi wants to hear,” wrote Drew Thompson, a former Pentagon official who met Zhang when he visited the U.S. in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s stale to nearly all but his biggest sycophants.

From Salon

The sycophants bestowed with medals and presidential commendations.

From Los Angeles Times

When Hussein was deposed in Iraq, the military officers, Ba’ath Party loyalists and regime-tied sycophants who ruled the roost for nearly a quarter-century were forced to make do with an entirely new situation.

From Los Angeles Times

And it is all being fed by sycophants and henchmen who have created a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

From Salon