Example Sentences

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"It has very flatteringly been described as a project for peace," Barenboim once noted.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

Born Kirsnick Khari Ball, Takeoff grew up in suburban Atlanta — Gwinnett County was less than flatteringly name-checked in a couple Migos tracks — alongside the two other members of the group.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2022

It was a bold move that announced the impending pop future, the group’s longer hair later becoming an obsession to the mainstream media, who christened them, not altogether flatteringly “the Mop-tops.”

From The Guardian • May 19, 2020

Thus Giraldi measures “Eat, Pray, Love” against the standard of Saint Augustine’s “Confessions,” Denis Johnson against Flannery O’Connor and, more flatteringly, places the poet Christian Wiman in relation to John Donne.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2018

“We need a man like you,” he said flatteringly.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright