Flattered

Examples

• I would be quiet if he liked, and as to talking rationally, I flattered myself I was doing that now. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She played before me the amiable; offered me patte de velours; caressed, flattered, fawned on me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He flattered himself that it was opportunity, not audacity, which had failed him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She said, however, that the cognac was flattered, and took up her knitting. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Instead of having to flatter, she would be flattered; instead of being grateful, she would receive thanks. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Histi?us was at first flattered by this court position, and then realized its true meaning. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He drove his curricle; he drank his claret; he played his rubber; he told his Indian stories, and the Irish widow consoled and flattered him as usual. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He was flattered too that she came to talk to him, for she took hardly any notice of anybody. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But it isn't that--it isn't that,' he cried, with emphasis that flattered her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This prostration and sweet unrepining obedience exquisitely touched and flattered George Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Elizabeth was not comfortable; that was impossible; but she was flattered and pleased. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• If you hear of Lady Dedlock, brilliant, prosperous, and flattered, think of your wretched mother, conscience-stricken, underneath that mask! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She was flattered by the gentleman's attentions, and the effect was increased by the loudly expressed admiration of her mother. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Flattered by their success, Messrs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I liked it for a few moments, but she flattered me so very grossly that the pleasure was soon over. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Lydgate was less flattered by his advantage over the Middlemarch Orlandos than he was annoyed by the perception of Mrs. Bulstrode's meaning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• For my part I felt flattered and obliged by the affection Frederick Lamb evinced towards me; but I was still not in love with him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mrs. Bennet, all amazement, though flattered by having a guest of such high importance, received her with the utmost politeness. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Not exactly,' said Fledgeby, rather flattered by the question. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What do you say, Margaret; ought I to be flattered? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Outward events flattered Thomasin not a little. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She had never been so flattered in her life. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• When I should have flattered them I have told them what I think they should do and now they are furious. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I knew it was silly, but they flattered me and said I was a beauty, and quantities of nonsense, so I let them make a fool of me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• For his friends and cronies, he had a pompous old schoolmaster, who flattered him, and a toady, his senior, whom he could thrash. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When he breathed his vows to her, as he had done to a hundred before her, she flattered herself that she alone had touched his heart. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I thought you appeared confused when my sisters told you the words, as if you felt flattered. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I was too much flattered to make an exposure and throw the merchandise on the angel's hands. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It was a volume of his poems, and he felt flattered. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Owing to this, and to the fact that I felt highly flattered at the appointment as his private secretary, I was naturally prepared to accept him as a hero. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

Typed by Alphonse