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The phrase "which is flattering" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that you are pleased or touched by something that someone said or did. For example: My colleague said I was the best employee in the office, which is flattering.
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That seems to happen quite a bit with this band, which is flattering.
We tend to think of the shift as generational – which is flattering to ourselves, of course.
But we've done it, and now others are copying us, which is flattering when they're sincere.
Alex Kerr has given us a remarkable portrait of modern Japan, virtually no part of which is flattering.
"They were keen to retain me, which is flattering.
A lot of guys messaged me with "No way did you used to be a guy, lol," which is flattering (if somewhat problematic, as it implies that trans women never look "good") but the point is, I'm still popular!
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The smooth, tangy interior acquires a mellow, satiny rim, which is flattered by the edible, fragrantly piney herb-dusted rind.
This is Much Ado as snark-era sitcom, scarcely disguised by the scrappy black-and-white photography – which is flattered by a smaller screen.
"What the hell is the difference?" She still hadn't forgiven him for breaking up with her, which was flattering.
Words like "radical", which are flattering in some contexts but damaging when applied to a Muslim, have been repeatedly flung at Mr Khan.
In an interesting essay by Liu Zhirong in the Global Times newspaper, a Chinese staffer of a World Bank project in Africa reflects on African perceptions of the growing Chinese presence there, not all of which are flattering.
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