Example Sentences

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A crib of yes-men limits how big he can grow.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Alice Perkins, who chaired the Post Office at the time and faced a second day of questioning by lawyers on Thursday, denied that Ms Vennells had surrounded herself with "yes-men and yes-women".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

But Logan has a short memory for the favors he owes, and he doesn’t respect obsequious yes-men.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Sometimes it is very difficult to get your head around what makes sense to someone who has completely enclosed himself and surrounded himself with yes-men.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2022

He has voiced his suspicion as to your sanity to Bondy and Mellish and you know what kind of yes-men those fellows are in the face of an authority like Scriven's.

From The Brain by Blade, Alexander