Sentence examples similar to displaying servile flattery from inspiring English sources
Yet he did not only play the part well, but incurred suspicion as indulging in servile flattery.
Expect cajoling, jawboning, arm-twisting — whatever it takes (including the occasional lavish display of flattery) as lawmakers seek to protect their own seats and damage their opponents'.
He really seems to think that the world he displays, of money, celebrity, flattery, name-dropping, and, of course, an all-consuming obsession with appearance, is something to flaunt.
Participants of high experience, but not low experience, displayed a media equation pattern of results, reacting to flattery from a computer in a manner congruent with peoples' reactions to flattery from other humans.
But the American envoy's combination of pressure and flattery of all sides was on display throughout the trip -- making it easy to understand why he is appreciated by some here.
He seems to give as much thought to delivering gentle flattery as he does to styling an elegant still life for a window display.
