flattering

The popular conception of gulls is not the most flattering.

The result is a life of perpetual outrage because the rest of the world seems uninterested in flattering them endlessly about how they are the greatest, smartest, funniest, best boys of all time.

Author Roger Kahn, who wrote a flattering book with Rose, “Pete Rose: My Story,” ultimately saw him in a different light.

It is not at all flattering to the monarchy.

McMaster’s book tells us how in 2018, Putin played Trump like a fiddle, flattering his ego and manipulating his insecurities.