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
It was perhaps a bit of adulatory verse.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
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