flatteries
- plural of flattery.
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
How frail a thing is the worldly man's friendship, hanging on flatteries and community of interest!
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
From their childhood they have been exposed to flatteries that should have spoiled them utterly; both have proved unspoilable.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada
I bring no tales, nor flatteries: in my tongue, Sir, I carry no fork'd stings.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject by Beaumont, Francis
There is more of artfulness in the flatteries which appear to involve a calculating intention to say the nice agreeable thing.
From Children's Ways by Sully, James
