Sentence examples for a flattery from inspiring English sources

I'd say that it's actually a form a flattery.

Explain that copying is the sincerest form a flattery to her.

She hadn't read one of his books, but knew a little flattery goes a long way, especially with writers.

Under the logic of this mixed message, exploitation is simply a form of flattery, a sign of acceptance.

She could do an impressive save after one of these tirades by sprinkling a little flattery on someone she had just called an idiot.

That's not a mean achievement and it's a great flattery to me.

Between 751 and 755 he tried to attract imperial attention by submitting a succession of literary products that were couched in a language of ornamental flattery, a device that eventually resulted in a nominal position at court.

Start with a little flattery".

She spoke nine languages, and was especially fluent, as Plutarch notes, in a 10th: flattery.

Adlai Stevenson once observed that a little flattery was all right, "as long as you don't inhale it".

She couldn't be called pretty, but he said it anyway, and he wondered if there was a similar flattery he would particularly enjoy himself.