flatter
verb (used with object)
to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
have been flattering
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present perfect progressiveof flatter.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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
The Widow Sprigg listened with an attention that would have been flattering had not her face evinced her incredulity.
From The Brass Bound Box by Diantha W. Horne
They would have been flattering to most girls.
From The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
You know what it must seem like to him to have another man step in, just as he may have been flattering himself that he was gaining ground.
From The Profiteers by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
