were flattering
- past progressive of flatter.
Example Sentences
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Bluder said that those comparisons were flattering but that she would like to see her compared to female players, too.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2022
Online commentary and state media made similar points, saying that U.S. politicians were flattering themselves if they thought their presence was important.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
You kind of were flattering yourself about how hip you were because you’re like, I’m 12 years old and it’s like, ‘Oh, no, I get it.’
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2020
But, as the war ended and the eighteen-sixties progressed, there were deep differences between them, which, by our standards, were flattering to neither.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018
If the King ever condescended to show any attentions to a lady of the court or of the stage, these were in general as disturbing as they were flattering for the persons in question.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
