Example Sentences

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Bosa said the praise from Mack has been flattering and that they have been bouncing ideas off each other since they have different styles.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022

His boss has asked Cliton to get from Isabelle the name of the beauty Dorante has been flattering, but when he asks, she assumes he means the also lovely Lucrece.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2017

Death has been flattering to the King, slimming him once more to a narrow-hipped hayseed, given to bold, abrupt gyrations and soft-voiced exclamations of wonder.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have certainly devoted some time to it, but I can't say that my success has been flattering.

From From Whose Bourne by Barr, Robert

You must follow your young admirer from the ball-room into the bar-room, where he ridicules you among his companions, and laughs at the folly he has been flattering.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady