INGRATIATE in a Sentence
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18 example sentences for INGRATIATE, such as:
1. Carol smiled upon them ingratiatingly.
2. He tried to ingratiate himself into her parents' good graces.
3. Matvy Ilyitch approached her with a majestic air and ingratiating speeches.
4. She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.
5. He was twisting and twirling about, ingratiating himself with the daughters of an ancient General.
2. He tried to ingratiate himself into her parents' good graces.
3. Matvy Ilyitch approached her with a majestic air and ingratiating speeches.
4. She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.
5. He was twisting and twirling about, ingratiating himself with the daughters of an ancient General.
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Meanings and Examples of INGRATIATE
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ingratiate
v. become popular with; make agreeable or acceptable
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1 You declare that you are afraid of nothing and at the same time try to ingratiate yourself in our good opinion.
2 The Petersburg Freemasons all came to see him, tried to ingratiate themselves with him, and it seemed to them all that he was preparing something for them and concealing it.
3 But to show he was not trying to ingratiate himself with Vronsky, he promptly added some slightly critical remarks.
4 He had opened a small shop on Glasnevin Road where, he flattered himself, his manners would ingratiate him with the housewives of the district.
5 Matvy Ilyitch approached her with a majestic air and ingratiating speeches.
6 He was twisting and twirling about, ingratiating himself with the daughters of an ancient General.
7 Although Prince Vasili listened reluctantly and not very politely to the elderly lady, even betraying some impatience, she gave him an ingratiating and appealing smile, and took his hand that he might not go away.
8 The more emotional and ingratiating the expression of Natasha's face became, the more serious and stern grew Sonya's.
9 Rospigliosi, quite set up with his new dignities, went with a good appetite and his most ingratiating manner.
10 He was equable and not cringing with his superiors, was free and ingratiating in his behavior with his equals, and was contemptuously indulgent with his inferiors.
11 "Yes'm, it's me," said Emmie, tossing her head with an ingratiating smile and starting toward the steps.
12 I may have remarked before that Holmes had, when he liked, a peculiarly ingratiating way with women, and that he very readily established terms of confidence with them.
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13 The cat rubbed itself ingratiatingly against her, and she said "Good Pussy," stooped to stroke it and gave it a scrap of meat from her plate.
14 Carol smiled upon them ingratiatingly.
15 Carol smiled ingratiatingly, to indicate that she was indeed one who desired to sacrifice, but she sighed, "I don't know; I'm afraid I'm not heroic."
Example Sentence:
1 He tried to ingratiate himself into her parents' good graces.
2 She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.