| And being of New England, he would always be parsimonious with flatteries. |
| Writer Z must try to make sense of the clashing kudos and snubs she has received, the flatteries and cold rejections, when underneath it all lies the suspicion there is no sense to be made. |
| With all my might, I wanted to keep control of myself and, with the help of the Lord, to thrust aside the flatteries of the Evil One. |
| They continued to walk along in the garden, Mack enchanting her with his flatteries and humorous stories about himself that he made up on the spot. |
| As any diplomat knows, the role requires a doubleness not just of message but of manner — an extra slathering of the flatteries and false civilities that grease the wheels of all human dealings. |
| And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries. |
