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Some of it will be flattering and some of it will be unflattering, but all of it will be entirely human.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2022

It will be flattering to me of course.

From Don Orsino by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

“I am thinking you will be flattering me,” she said, “but I know my English is not good, for there are few in these parts that I can speak to in it.”

From A Prince of Good Fellows by Barr, Robert

If the speech announces Mr Oswald's commission, and the two Houses in their answers thank him for issuing it, and there should be no change in the Ministry, the prospect of peace will be flattering.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various