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With his texts, Jon had buttered me up: how great my cooking is, how nice I am to my dogs, how cute I am.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

"You've got to remember this guy was born to do this," Coe said after Beckham had buttered up the room.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2010

But the National Association of Manufacturers had not joined in, and such fine words had buttered no parsnips.

From Time Magazine Archive

But she did not like the woman, who was not frankly plebeian, but had buttered herself over with a coat of third-rate pretentiousness.

From Senator North by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

She had buttered and sliced bread until her back ached, and she cast many angry glances at her ruddy-faced father tranquilly slicing ham in the pantry.

From Molly Brown's Senior Days by Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis)