Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endearing (to)
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Many subscribers to the old model had become attached to its warm, enthusiastically agreeable tone and complained at the loss of their ingratiating robotic companion.
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But the meetings were also about Döpfner ingratiating himself to the right-of-center political leaders that make up some of the UK broadsheet’s audience (and source base).
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The Los Angeles guitarist and songwriter touches on grief, rejection, and love in lo-fi shoegaze songs that package sunny melodies with comforting gloom.
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The result is a menu that feels familiar and comforting in some moments, while surprising and playful in others.
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Putin has struggled to manage fighting Kyiv on the one hand and placating domestic constituencies on the other.
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In your opinion, should the shop have handled this differently—perhaps compensating or at least placating me?
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Tauruses usually follow the rules and do what is suggested to thrive and prosper because appeasing others is easier than arguing.
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With the Ambassador Bridge and the tunnel being the current passageway, the economist said the Gordie Howe Bridge will alleviate the backups businesses have been seeing and are trying to avoid, while appeasing the many employees who travel back and forth for work.
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Prior to the trophy ceremony following the match, de Minaur was seen sitting next to Fokina consoling him after yet another brutal loss.
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They could be seen hugging and consoling each other.
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Historic opportunity but key is disarming Hezbollah, evil terrorists who have killed Americans.
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Perhaps because she’s just better socialized than me, Olivia Rodrigo responds with disarming attention to my usual pre-interview small talk.
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Types of calming aid There are a few different ways to tackle anxiety, both as a preventive and recuperative means.
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The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.
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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.
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Rather than unifying and pacifying a populace, this kind of media encouraged idiosyncratic, extreme views.
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“Endearing (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endearing%20%28to%29. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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