Sentence examples for in a flattering reference from inspiring English sources
The only Republican that she mentioned was Betty Ford, and that was in a flattering reference.
"They're not like bankers," remarked Indra K. Nooyi, the chief executive of PepsiCo, in a flattering reference.
Their meetings were also tinged with confusion: Charlotte was initially said to be dumbstruck when she met her idol – and confused when he started talking about the scent of cigars, not realising he was making a flattering reference to the scene in chapter XXIII where the smell of Mr Rochester's cigar sets Jane aflutter.
How did it come about that I was asked in the first place to become a tethered "goat" – a flattering reference to a "government of all the talents"?
In the surest sign that Mitt had donned a more soothing costume, he even made a flattering reference to the United Nations, the bête noire of his hawkish neocon foreign policy advisers.
Koch saw his old professor in the audience, and, Auletta writes, "made flattering reference to his ability as a raconteur".
But not in a flattering way.
Aitkenhead never places herself in a flattering light.
He and Howard will forever be linked, and not in a flattering way.
Mr. Horne's name came up more than once, and not in a flattering light.
