Verb (used with object), : He ingratiated himself with all the guests. From Dictionary.com.
They also were more likely to engage in political behaviors such as ingratiation, self-promotion and doing favors. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
TANA: (Grinning with ingratiation) Gone to Inn for dinnah. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful and Damned] Reference
Hoffman's smile stalled halfway between insult and ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [Wolves Eat Dogs]
He is seeking 'might and not weakness,' 'war and not ingratiation.'. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Bibi? I believe him] Reference
She said the words, in an attempt at ingratiation, to Senyora Fides. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
Hillary's speech was heavy on issues and light on political ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [White House Civil War] Reference
An affable ingratiation that I cared for even less than his normal approach. From Wordnik.com. [Puppet on a Chain]
When Obama courts the voters it always feels like an act of ingratiation and arrogance. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton upbeat on Puerto Rico campaign swing] Reference
It was the pursuit of total ingratiation with the media and it sort of bothered me a bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: Joe Lockhart Discusses Bill Clinton's Press Coverage - May 6, 2000] Reference
If he knew or cared a little more about the art of ingratiation, he would be something of a hero. From Wordnik.com. [Lee’s Lieutenants] Reference
Bibi + people who make Bibi look moderate is not going to be a recipe for ingratiation with the Obama team. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Bibi Time?] Reference
After this, I suppose Obama will have refine his ingratiation technique and bow to the Saudi King – even lower. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in translation « Anglican Samizdat] Reference
The ingratiation of the candidate with the audience, the immediate audience, was a powerful political weapon if one could use it. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Albert Gore, March 13, 1976. Interview A-0321-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Prof. Bhagwati, charitably, but grossly understates the relationship between Ethiopia's dictator and Stiglitz-Sachs as ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [Alemayehu G. Mariam: Lessons From Columbia U.] Reference
With a sort of grating ingratiation old Gradman answered him. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
He could not resist her beauty, her warmth, her ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
Does this practice in anyway create a culture of ingratiation?. From Wordnik.com. [Brad Boydston] Reference
It was this one: "ingratiation and access ... are not corruption.". From Wordnik.com. [Above the Law] Reference
I could only smile and try ingratiation and conciliation with both. From Wordnik.com. [Madeleine An Autobiography]
A hansom cab offers peculiar facilities for the aforesaid process of ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel] Reference
"Take 100 jars of oil, and write 60," that kind of street-smart self-ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
And sometimes when people overdo these ingratiation or tactics, you catch on to it. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The woman shifted her position, and changed her tone to one of cunning ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Ashes] Reference
I think it's a mental condition when people beg for admiration through artful ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
In anticipation of a tip, ingratiation and hypocrisy are often the order of the day, though. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Rather, it is the love shown by one twit to another that will best serve the end of ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Justice] Reference
He said in a voice permanently gruff, but impregnated with a species of professional ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
It was as if she were amused, not absent-minded nor yet a prey to the feminine immorality of ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [Romance Island] Reference
He petted her, and she slid into his arms with a child-like ingratiation that made his heart swell with pity. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
The qualities of ingratiation and friendliness departed from M. Garfunkel's smile, leaving it wholly apologetic. From Wordnik.com. [Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures] Reference
Those with backgrounds in politics, law and sales, on the other hand, had the art of subtle ingratiation down pat. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
For Gordy, when absolutely forced to face an unknown woman, could bring to the encounter a certain bluff ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Flower] Reference
He had prepared himself to be ingratiating; but he realized that ingratiation was not a successful line to pursue with dragons. From Wordnik.com. [The Heather-Moon] Reference
"We are going to have autographs of all the distinguished people we can find," said the Princess, continuing her system of ingratiation. From Wordnik.com. [The Arbiter A Novel] Reference
He was very young, but he already had a wrinkle of permanent anxiety between his eyes and a smile of permanent ingratiation on his lips. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural] Reference
Probably it was a work of ingratiation and degrees; a feeling of the silk, a trying on to one leg, then a matching of the fellow with it. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Short Works of George Meredith] Reference
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