adulatory
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But she got adulatory national press for that gesture.
From Slate • Feb. 15, 2023
Their book has provoked strong reactions, adulatory and critical.
From Scientific American • Feb. 28, 2022
In buying their stakes in the private company, venture investors ultimately valued Theranos at a putative $9 billion, which led to another wave of adulatory publicity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2022
His prior reportage on the U.S. military, including a book focused on MacArthur that he later called "too adulatory," helped secure his access.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2020
A murmur of adulatory incredulity arose from the group of courtiers.
From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre
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