have been flattering
- present perfect progressive of flatter.
Example Sentences
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Several other former officials have written books, but most have been flattering about the president.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
“It would have been flattering to get a friend request from someone like Jim Calhoun, but it’s also a little scary because you give people a real inside track on your life.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2011
It would have been flattering to my self-esteem, also, though perhaps disastrous to my ribs, if Robert van Buren had thrown himself upon my bosom, thanking me for his deliverance from bondage.
From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl
I clung to my companion with an ardor which would have been flattering had it been voluntary.
From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Sanborn, Kate
I have been flattering myself that I was in possession of a philosophy which could make a good and able man of me.
From A Short History of Greek Philosophy by Marshall, John
