The phrase "flattery for" can be used in a sentence, but it is not a complete sentence on its own.
It is commonly used as part of a sentence to express that someone is using flattery or compliments in exchange for something. For example: - He was just using flattery for his own benefit, not because he actually meant it. - I am not interested in your flattery for a higher grade. I want to earn it on my own merit. - She showered him with flattery for his cooking skills, hoping he would invite her over for dinner. - The politician was known for his flattery for wealthy donors, but it ultimately cost him his reputation.
Her article was headlined: "Sincerest forms of flattery for British shows".
Even Mr. Rose's conversation with Newt Gingrich via satellite didn't produce much besides a dose of flattery for Mr. Rose.
Imitation may be the highest form of flattery for fonio, which has now achieved enough modest recognition to be counterfeited.
Yet more flattery for Steve Jobs, the boss of Apple, who has seen more than a decade of Microsoft upgrades that borrow his company's interface innovations.
As if the notes of coffee, caramel and cream were not enough flattery for chocolate, the pudding is flavored with coriander seed, which adds rough notes of orange.
The hall was treated to paeans of praise for popular colleagues such as Simon Hughes and Paddy Ashdown, and lavish flattery for Lib Dem activists as a breed.
People who have followed Trump's career for years have remarked about his megalomania, vanity, need for flattery, hunger for adulation, nasty temper, thirst for revenge, instinct for humiliating his critics, sexist attitudes and abuse of women, racism, insistence on total fidelity, willingness to toss overboard anyone who fails his test of loyalty, and ignorance of history and current events.
Before he joined the campaign, the Washington Post reported, he showed a talent for flattery and for cultivating Trump's dark side — for example, discouraging progress on climate change, or even Republican unity — while doing little, as far as one can tell, to encourage more generous impulses.
"For someone who wants to project strength, he has an astonishing weakness for flattery, falling for Vladimir Putin after a few coquettish bats of the eyelashes from the Russian thug," it said.
In a way, this is an example of imitation-as-flattery for GetGlue, and may not necessarily be a bad thing, considering that Facebook's launching a competitor to SnapChat led to skyrocketing buzz for SnapChat.
Some of the most memorable spells in children's literature have been cast by mirrors: a looking glass leads Alice to a world of chatty chess pieces and cheeky flowers; Snow White's troubles ensue when a vain queen fishes for flattery from a mirror on the wall; and Harry Potter meets with magic in a giant reflecting glass that renders wish fulfillment.
