flatter

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Recent Examples of flatter Brown nails are versatile, timeless, and always flattering. Essence, 2 Sep. 2025 As of now, the film holds a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews — and none of them are flattering. EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The edit would not flatter the boastful. Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 The tech CEOs and a representative for the Qatari government are shown trying to curry favor with Trump by offering him lavish gifts and trying to flatter him relentlessly. Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flatter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatter
Verb
  • Police commended the students for alerting their bus driver.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In a statement posted online, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller commended the department for exercising restraint while responding to the incident.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even investors who pride themselves on rational decisions know that fear, excitement or uncertainty can often enter the picture.
    Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Mitchell prides himself on being a no-nonsense, no-bulls*** kind of man, but his attitude can sometimes come across as arrogance.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those harmonies — simultaneously honeyed and gravelly, providing just enough support without overshadowing, yet so powerful and full of potential — echoes Whitten.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
  • Enjoy flavored nuts, such as those that are candied, glazed, or honied, in moderation.
    Selene Yeager, Health, 24 Feb. 2024
Verb
  • The Royals shared a special video from Brett congratulating Perez.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers issued a statement congratulating Astin on his victory.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wendy sits across from her and begins to stroke Lizzo’s palms with the tips of her aqua-and-pink acrylic nails.
    Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But Rivera stroked into center field to end the game.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Mexican boxer issued his first public comments on X, praising Crawford while addressing his own future following the unanimous-decision defeat.
    Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Fans took to the comments to react, with many praising them both for their humor.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During the In Memoriam segment, the starry audience applauded loudly as Loni Anderson, Michelle Trachtenberg, George Wendt, John Amos and Maggie Smith were honored, and when Ozzy Osbourne, David Lynch and Quincy Jones' names appeared, the applause was particularly loud.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Trump later signed a baseball and applauded Aaron Judge's home run, waving his arms while speaking with box guests before taking a seat.
    Jillian Frankel, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The result is sometimes overpraising, overprotection, and overindulging children, mixing emotional intensity with economic privilege in ways that breed entitlement.
    Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Know-nothings pretend that Schrader’s Bressonian mannerisms reveal the spiritual depths of contemporary crisis, when, in fact, Master Gardener repeats the same social-collapse paranoia that made secular reviewers overpraise the religious, racial, suicide-bomber topics of First Reformed.
    Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2023

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