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"Flatter" in a Sentence (18 examples)
You don't need to flatter your boss.
I flatter myself that I'm the best golfer in the club.
If you flatter him, he'll do anything.
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
Even though great men flatter themselves with their great accomplishments, they're rarely the result of great planning, but more often of mere chance.
Don't flatter yourself.
Rich and generous, he was soon surrounded by those who knew well how to flatter and foster his weaknesses for their own ends.
He wanted to flatter me.
She wanted to flatter me.
You flatter me.
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A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
1855, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 7, p. 242, Some he complimented for their bravery; others he flattered by asking their advice.
Her portrait flatters her.
Here is her picture: let me see; I think, If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers: And yet the painter flatter’d her a little […]
[…] I went up, and sat there two Hours and an half before I cou’d discern any Thing like Land; and when I first saw it I told my Comrade, but not being certain I wou’d not call out; for the Case was of such Importance, that they were not to be trifled with, or flatter’d into vain Hopes.
Before the results came out, I flattered myself that I had done well on the test. It turned out I was the worst in the class!
The dire imagination she did follow This sound of hope doth labour to expel; For now reviving joy bids her rejoice, And flatters her it is Adonis’ voice.
Run after that ſame peeuiſh Meſſenger / The Countes man: he left this Ring behinde him / Would I, or not: tell him, Ile none of it. / Deſire him not to flatter with his Lord, / Nor hold him vp with hopes, I am not for him:
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