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
Among these young persons are beautiful girls, daughters of wealthy families, rejoicing in all the gifts of nature and the flatteries of society.
From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Armando Palacio Vald?s
This was such a proportion of sense and shrewdness as sudden wealth and its destructive flatteries had no power to assail.
From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood
The despicable figure which the king made at this period, and the fulsome flatteries bestowed upon him by the Irish people, did not escape the keen penetration of the illustrious and patriotic Lord Byron.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton
King himself relates this—and employed all his grace, all his flatteries, without succeeding in breaking the ice.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Arvede Barine
