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Six example sentences with sycophant, each labelled with its topic.
Every mayor eventually collects a sycophant or two who praise each announcement before hearing what it actually says.
Politics
The founder finally noticed that his closest counselor was a sycophant, agreeing with every pivot and warning him of nothing.
Startups
In the play the duke keeps a sycophant at his elbow, laughing loudly at jokes nobody else finds funny.
Literature
The new director kept one sycophant in every meeting, someone who laughed first and questioned nothing.
Business
Every royal court had its sycophant, praising the king's poetry before the ink had dried.
History
The producer's sycophant appears in every scene the studio boss does, agreeing a second before anyone finishes speaking.
Movies
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