| He has been brownnosing everyone in the company just to get a bigger office. |
| So much lobbying, arm-twisting and brownnosing has been invested in this that any misgivings about the Beijing Olympics are seen as disloyal and unpatriotic. |
| I had become friendly with some of the funnier girls, who could be very funny indeed, but the social wall between us stayed solid, and their brownnosing in class still offended my sense of student-teacher protocol. |
| The subjective approach opens the door to favoritism, cronyism, and brownnosing. |
| A wonderful gesture, and shame on anyone who would dare suggest it was a spectacular attempt at brownnosing. |
| All sorts of smear campaigns, badmouthing and brownnosing are the order of the day. |
