ingratiating

Example Sentences

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To investigators in the U.K., what’s glaring instead is that his ingratiating friends leaked privileged financial information to the former banker that he might have parlayed into insider-trading gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

He made the most of this connection, flying the Welsh flag and ingratiating himself with locals, who fell for the charms of "this lovely man".

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

Thus far, he seems to have done a terrible job of ingratiating himself to others: Most recently, the office’s top criminal prosecutor resigned rather than follow his allegedly improper orders.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2025

His smile is both practiced and ingratiating; his eyes seem darker than this film’s eerily black ocean, like velvet curtains tightly drawn.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

“I’ll bring this ÁguaViva box,” I say, with an ingratiating smile.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman