[Politicians] ...appeal to people's prejudices and passions, they incite their expectations by making reckless promises, they endeavor to ingratiate themselves with the electorate in every possible way. From LearnThat.org. [Irving Kristol, U.S. editor, educator.]
"ingratiate" himself with high-ranking people in the Government of. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Neither his wish to ingratiate himself with the Elector. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
If you don't do that, then you can never ingratiate them. From Wordnik.com. [Missing 'Priceless' Artwork? Call Robert Wittman] Reference
Mrs. Curtis felt for Madge in order to ingratiate himself. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Both parties tried to ingratiate themselves with the natives. From Wordnik.com. [The Country of the Neutrals (As Far As Comprised in the County of Elgin), From Champlain to Talbot] Reference
Oswald may have been trying to ingratiate himself with Castro. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind Of The Assassin] Reference
We need not go out of our way to ingratiate ourselves with anybody. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
Blame trusts and governing bodies too keen to ingratiate themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The BBC wants to have breakfast in Salford. What a dog's dinner] Reference
Sean Penn has never bothered to ingratiate, either as an actor or a celebrity. From Wordnik.com. [Brother's Keeper] Reference
(I'm sure that's a way to ingratiate yourself to the hundreds of people behind you in line.). From Wordnik.com. [Catherine Price: A Place Not to See Before You Die -- That I Saw] Reference
She believes in the social niceties, and having a hat to doff will help ingratiate you to her. From Wordnik.com. [Stones] Reference
Supposedly, she pulled the stunt in her desire to ingratiate herself with the show's producers. From Wordnik.com. [Lonna Saunders: Boycott White House Gate Crasher's Housewife Show!] Reference
His merry jokes and light-hearted conversation served to ingratiate him in the affections of all. From Wordnik.com. [Story-Lives of Great Musicians] Reference
Ann could ingratiate herself as much as possible but her ambition could only serve her to an extent. From Wordnik.com. [French Vanilla Death - Prima Parte] Reference
DAVIES: You know, we were talking about how, in undercover work, you ingratiate yourself with people. From Wordnik.com. [Missing 'Priceless' Artwork? Call Robert Wittman] Reference
While his peers tested the forbearance of the adult world, Gore looked for ways to ingratiate himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Education Of Al Gore] Reference
Was it strange, that one so bold and brave should ingratiate himself with the beautiful maidens of our tribe?. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
He explains the assaults as a vaguely homoerotic ritual intended to ingratiate new students to the older kids. From Wordnik.com. [NOT-SO-HALLOWED HALLS] Reference
He managed to ingratiate himself with Mrs. Caldwell, and came often to the house; and finally he began to teach. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
BUT MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY WAS also an innately cautious politician, with an almost compulsive desire to ingratiate. From Wordnik.com. [Housebroken] Reference
Your mother wishes you to ingratiate yourself with my aunt so that she'll leave you the lion's share of her money. From Wordnik.com. [How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl] Reference
But perhaps the biggest lesson of all is that the media must fight its instinct to ingratiate itself with the powerful. From Wordnik.com. [Fernando Espuelas: America's Iraqi Strategic Blunder] Reference
A good credit score will get you better loans, lower APRs, and enable you to ingratiate yourself to potential landlords. From Wordnik.com. [Califia Suntree: Credit Where Credit Is Due: Read This Before You Clip That Card] Reference
If an individual of this class is going to meet company with whom he wishes to ingratiate himself, he puts on his most polished. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Character] Reference
I am not talking about opportunists or both-siders or people trying to ingratiate themselves in case things don't go the right way. From Wordnik.com. [Nobody To Take The Fall] Reference
Leonardo Salvinati, the leader of the Della Cruscan Academy, wishing to ingratiate himself with the court, joined in the hostility. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
London, and who had been at such infinite pains to ingratiate herself with Neil Stewart that she had been invited to spend September at. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
Judæa passed into the hands of the Syrian King Antiochus the Great, who at once proceeded to ingratiate himself with the whole nation. From Wordnik.com. [With the British Army in The Holy Land] Reference
Padouca slaves whom he had ransomed, and was to send before him to that nation, in order to ingratiate himself by this act of generosity. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
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