flattering 1 of 2

present participle of flatter

flattering

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flattering
Verb
The best cream bronzers, at a glance Best Overall: Rare Beauty Warm Wishes Effortless Bronzer Easy to use, universally flattering, and so blendable, Dresher and Glamour associate beauty editor Danielle Sinay are both huge fans of this Rare Beauty cream bronzer stick. Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025 According to makeup artist Tobi Henney, finding your most flattering shade is all about color theory. Lily Wohlner, Allure, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The flip side of the previous entry, the score was flattering here, as Canada jumped out to a 5-0 lead on the strength of big games from Wayne Gretzky and a teenaged Eric Lindros. Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 The coat packs down small enough to be a good choice for travel, and the fit is flattering enough to look good around town. Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flattering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flattering
Adjective
  • Other times have not necessarily been so laudatory.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
  • The law is widely feared among dissidents in Thailand both because it is interpreted broadly to include any speech or action that is not laudatory and innocent verdicts are rare.
    Tyrell Haberkorn, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • One position scrutinized in a new state audit of excessive spending by former University of Florida President Ben Sasse is the long-distance position created for former Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • From hyperloops to solar roofs to trillion-dollar savings from federal budget cuts by DOGE, Musk has developed a reputation for excessive boasts and telling outright whoppers.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Sadly, its five-year academic record is weak but can be turned around under stronger leadership that leverages the benefits of modern infrastructure and fulsome resources.
    Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
  • It was crafted for robust and fulsome flavor from start to finish.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • And, the team and league are struggling to secure a favorable media rights deal for the club.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The maintenance of a favorable risk-reward ratio over a shorter timeframe of 5 years is promising for retirement accounts – mitigating the risk of liquidation (if necessary) during adverse drawdown scenarios.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Kirk Lazarus is a prestigious, pretentious actor who decides to go full method — to put it mildly — in portraying a Black soldier.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Though Dirty Dom’s in-ring debut began in 2020, the pretentious son of Rey Mysterio Jr. inherited his slick ways from iconic WWE superstar Eddie Guerrero.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman has announced an internal investigation into a November police shooting that killed a mother and her baby, while applauding the officer who fired the fatal bullets.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Some Jewish groups are applauding the effort.
    Jeff Zeman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • So, the narrative that AI is omniscient and omnipotent at displacing labor works well to convince investors to pay inflated valuation premiums for companies that expend huge resources on building data centers and hiring AI engineers and data scientists.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The data showed wildly inflated salaries being paid to employees at the Everglades camp under a $78 million state contract with Critical Response Strategies (CRS), a Jacksonville firm with ties to DeSantis.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • Occasionally, Cleary — who delivers between 50 and 100 quilts a month — said the group will hear positive stories from their donations.
    Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Trump held a call with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, which both sides portrayed as positive, and that views across the Atlantic are aligned going into the Alaska summit.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Flattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flattering. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

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