endearing (to)

present participle of endear (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for endearing (to)
Verb
  • Director and star wasted no time ingratiating themselves to the New York audience, with Chalamet mentioning having gone to school right down the street at La Guardia High School and Safdie talking about having last been at NYFF six years ago with Uncut Gems.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Newly acquired Green Bay Packers star pass-rusher Micah Parsons wasted no time ingratiating himself into the Packers-Detroit Lions rivalry.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pumpkin Pie Trader Joe’s is offering their own version of a mouthwatering pumpkin pie, comforting pumpkin custard filled with sweet and spicy flavors.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Eating your greens is easy with this creamy, cheesy, comforting recipe.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The nominee will face a high-wire act of placating the president (who wants steep interest rate cuts) while keeping the trust of investors worried about high inflation and political influence on the central bank.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This replaces placating with directly communicating out of respect for your longstanding relationship.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then imagine a Congress seated in January 2027 with even more lawmakers guaranteed reelection and concerned mainly with appeasing their party’s activist base.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Nevertheless, Ed still idolized Augusta and would grow to become obsessed with appeasing her, according to Biography.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many of the players lingered on the field for long minutes after the game, consoling each other or talking to friends and family.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Recent studies show that while AI has at least some capacity to display empathy, people still prefer consoling messages from other humans.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • A lot of people, even those who will not vote for Sliwa, do seem to find his campaign charming and disarming.
    Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Victims are then asked to disable Windows Defender before installation, effectively disarming their own protection before running the malware.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Known for its fragrant purple blooms, lavender is a popular perennial herb that is beloved for its calming scent and beauty.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Cincinnati took calls on Hendrickson before the year began and was looking for a first-round pick before eventually calming things down by upping the edge-rusher's 2025 salary to $29 million.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • That transformed the industry by giving it a clear American base — and by pacifying agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission that had been, under Biden, openly hostile.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than unifying and pacifying a populace, this kind of media encouraged idiosyncratic, extreme views.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Endearing (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endearing%20%28to%29. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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