adulatory

/ (ˌædjʊˈleɪtərɪ, ˈædjʊˌleɪtərɪ) /

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adjective

expressing praise, esp obsequiously; flattering

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How to use adulatory in a sentence

It's true that Berman's view of her subject is adulatory, even gushy.
Hugh Hefner's Legacy|Richard Porton|July 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
McChrystal has lately been the subject of numerous media profiles, most of them adulatory.
Gen. McChrystal's Credibility Problem|Jon Krakauer|October 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The adulatory words which he puts into Moreau's mouth, may therefore never have been uttered by that unfortunate officer.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846|Various
He seems to have visited England in 1554 and to have been introduced to Cardinal Pole, to whom an adulatory motet appears in 1556.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2|Various

As was customary, he was presented with adulatory addresses, and on October 10 departed in state.
The Siege of Boston|Allen French
It is, in form, necessarily a panegyric, as high-flown and adulatory as such performances in those days were bound to be.
Bacon|Richard William Church
Every art of praise was tried, and every source of adulatory fiction was exhausted.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant|John Hamilton Moore

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