charm offensive

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noun

a concentrated attempt to gain favour or respectability by conspicuously cooperative or obliging behaviour

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Words nearby charm offensive

charmer, charmeuse, Charmian, Charminar, charming, charm offensive, charmonium, charm quark, charm school, charm the pants off, charnel

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How to use charm offensive in a sentence

There is no such thing as speech so hateful or offensive it somehow “justifies” or “legitimizes” the use of violence.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It is not only clerics and Islamic ideologues who use offensive words and images to describe the sexual life of Westerners.
50 Shades of Iran: The Mullahs’ Kinky Fantasies about Sex in the West|IranWire, Shima Sharabi|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After all, the Russians were about to mount a winter offensive of their own.
Hitler’s Hail Mary|James A. Warren|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Seeking to be celebrated for simply hiring a woman is tokenizing and offensive.
Wonder Woman Takes a Big Step Back|Hugh Ryan|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

There is charm, oodles of it, but also a steeliness about Gilkes.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
It being offensive to the French, they took none of it with them on their return.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
They determined that an offensive war should be carried on against them, and voted to raise 90 men!
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
But he is as insolent as you could wish, and has a superb confidence in himself that his enemies call by the most offensive names.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The climax was reached when a most offensive policeman in a dictatorial manner ordered me to 'Move on.'
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills