Wondering how to use Ingratiating in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as pleasing or insinuating.
Ingratiating meaning
Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity; smarmy; unctuous; oily.
Synonyms of Ingratiating
Using Ingratiating
- The main meaning on this page is: Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity; smarmy; unctuous; oily.
- Useful related words include: pleasing, insinuating, ingratiatory, flattering.
- In the example corpus, ingratiating often appears in combinations such as: and ingratiating.
Context around Ingratiating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ingratiating
- In this selection, "ingratiating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, remark, semaphore and maidservant stand out and add context to how "ingratiating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include correct and ingratiating semaphore of and effacing and ingratiating and not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ingratiating" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ingratiating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As Makhle, the household’s ingratiating maidservant, Sue Jin Song is charged with the comic relief. (16 words)
Striking is the apology-statement’s tone: self-flagellating and ingratiating, with a heady patriotic flair. (16 words)
He is self-effacing and ingratiating, and not ashamed to acknowledge if he had given a bad performance. (18 words)
The phrase is on the one hand a politically-correct and ingratiating semaphore of social virtue claimed by the moral pariahs of the day, those who shamelessly flatter and cajole to maintain their status and pursue their advantage. (38 words)
And when the guns went out early in the morning, Diana was always there to wave them off with an ingratiating remark about how “wonderful” Sandringham was. (27 words)
He is self-effacing and ingratiating, and not ashamed to acknowledge if he had given a bad performance. (18 words)
Example sentences (5)
He is self-effacing and ingratiating, and not ashamed to acknowledge if he had given a bad performance.
And when the guns went out early in the morning, Diana was always there to wave them off with an ingratiating remark about how “wonderful” Sandringham was.
The phrase is on the one hand a politically-correct and ingratiating semaphore of social virtue claimed by the moral pariahs of the day, those who shamelessly flatter and cajole to maintain their status and pursue their advantage.
As Makhle, the household’s ingratiating maidservant, Sue Jin Song is charged with the comic relief.
Striking is the apology-statement’s tone: self-flagellating and ingratiating, with a heady patriotic flair.
Common combinations with ingratiating
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: