In a sentence
Six example sentences with flattery, each labelled with its topic.
Volunteers had strangers praise their every remark; most enjoyed the flattery even after being told the compliments were scripted.
Psychology
The consultant called every idea in the room brilliant, and the board mistook that flattery for expertise until the invoice arrived.
Business
The courtier's speeches are pure flattery, praising a king he privately mocks in the very next scene.
Literature
The candidate's flattery of every town he visited, each the finest in the state, wore thin by October.
Politics
The rookie mistook the veteran's flattery for friendship until the trade deadline passed.
Basketball
The producer's flattery got the director to cut twenty minutes she had sworn to keep.
Movies
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