Example Sentences

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Not,” touching his elbows again, with an ingratiatory smile, “that one would desire to get rid of you.”

From No Thoroughfare by Collins, Wilkie

"Graceful, sleek, purring, ingratiatory, but cat all the same."

From Concerning Belinda by Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt

His white teeth flashed in an ingratiatory smile.

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

"Something new, I should think, to you, sir, in a sailing match on fresh water?" he said, in his most ingratiatory manner.

From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie

Cowperwood, disappointed by the outcome of his various ingratiatory efforts, decided to fall back on his old reliable method of bribery.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore