flattery
noun
the act of flattering.
flatteries
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pluralof flattery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But I learned as little about Herman from these flatteries as I did from Einhorn’s gushing cliches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2021
By promises and flatteries I won over his favourite slave, who enticed him out of his stronghold by night and alone.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai
We approve neither of the flatteries of one side, nor the insultings of the other.
From An Answer to a Question that Nobody thinks of, viz., But what if the Queen should Die? by Daniel Defoe
To run through the sleeping streets, and scream in the dull ears which a King's flatteries had stopped as with wool!
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman
Her very silence was sweet to me with the subtlest of flatteries.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
