Flattering

Examples

• In general she recoiled from touch or close approach with a mixture of embarrassment and coldness far from flattering to those who offered her aid. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Not a flattering idea. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He had a soft, flattering manner with women, particularly with women who were not young. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Every flattering scheme of being of consequence to her soon fell to the ground. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The only flattering part of this melancholy fact was, that every woman he made up to had been reckoned like me in feature or expression. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But he was pressed to stay for Mrs. Fraser's party; his staying was made of flattering consequence, and he was to meet Mrs. Rushworth there. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• But she was all aglow with her reception, carried away by this little flattering ceremonial on her behalf. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her reception of him is not flattering. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He replied in a most admirable manner, exceedingly flattering to my feelings, and undertook to obtain the consent of Mrs. Crewler to this arrangement. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Are you flattering me? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is very flattering, said I, eagerly looking out for him with my opera-glass, an example which was followed by Julia and Fanny. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I scarcely dared encourage the flattering idea. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was not very flattering to Miss Campbell; but she really did not seem to feel it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You judge very properly, said Mr. Bennet, and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Flattering as these professions of good feeling were, Arabella resolutely declined (most unaccountably, as Sam thought) to avail herself of them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I have heard a story of a young gentleman who once encouraged flattering expectations, and they did him harm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Charles Darnay, alone in a cell, had sustained himself with no flattering delusion since he came to it from the Tribunal. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The appellation was not flattering, but not unmerited. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Don't encourage flattering expectations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Could anything be so flattering as Mrs. Ferrars's way of treating me yesterday? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• It scarcely sounded flattering, but I knew she meant well. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It brought a jar of discord, a pang of regret; it was not flattering, yet, after all, I ought to be thankfulit might have been worse. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She could be very pleasant and flattering, almost subservient, to people she met. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It will be easy for Mr. Blake to suppress what may not prove to be sufficiently flattering in these pages to the person chiefly concerned in them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It is not flattering to my self-love, but I am afraid you did. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I suppose you are very shocked at Creespeen's flattering description of me, remarked the Count calmly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Again, not very flattering to my self-love,' said Eugene, moodily; 'but yes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Could you have a motive for the trust, that was not honourable and flattering to me? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• God, poet, athlete; you are all flattering yourselves, but no one says a good word for me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• What you say is most highly flattering, said Lord Molyneux, with good-natured composure. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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