187 examples of ingratiating in sentences

The Boy was proud of Red's pluckalready looking upon him as his ownbut he jumped up from his ingratiating attitude, still grasping the dried fish.

Thus in form as in substance the poetry of the period voiced the mood, not of carefree youth, nor yet of vehement early manhood, but of still vigorous middle age,a phase of existence perhaps less ingratiating than others, but one which has its rightful hour in the life of the race as of the individual.

"'Scuse me, miss," said he, in his most ingratiating voice.

The English Government," he continued with an ingratiating smile, "have now begun to treat our prisoners in England better, and I hasten to return good to you for the evils that our women have suffered at the hands of your Government.

After several would-be ingratiating giggles, they finally pulled up in front of him whilst he was promenading the deck.

" There was nothing particularly ingratiating about Miss Martha Grimes, but, with the exception of a coloured waiter, she happened to be the first human being with whom Philip had exchanged a word for several days.

He's so pleasant, so frank, so lovable, that you think him quite harmless; but while you're admiring his confounded ingratiating ways, while you're growing enthusiastic about his engaging trickshe's the best rider, the best dancer, the best shotoh, but you must have heard of him!he is bearing down upon you; your heart goes under, and heah, well, he just sails over you smiling, quite unconscious of having brought you to everlasting smash.

The little eyes were half-concealed under drooping, baggy lids, the nose was long and sharp, the lips very thin and severe, though at this moment parted in a smile meant to be ingratiating.

Impelled by increasing admiration and esteem, I succeeded by the exercise of studious tact in ingratiating myself in his friendship and confidence; he talked with freedom of his feelings and his affairs; and although he had not yet admitted me to the knowledge of his past, he evinced but little shyness in speaking of the present.

He wagged an ingratiating tail at her approach.

I'll concede this, though: I think the smile was meant to be ingratiating.

He thought he knew definitely where the letter was now, and the wolf glance with which he favoured me changed swiftly to a smile of ingratiating politeness.

He was perhaps not sorry, at his first entrance on his duties, to show how easy it was for him to meet even an unforeseen demand of so heavy an amount; and he fancied he saw in it a means of ingratiating himself with Marie Antoinette.

Nothing in plastic art that we have ever seen or shall see is more easy and ingratiating than these almost living pictures.

Sculpture more ingratiating is close by, in the two rooms given to Iscrizioni: a collection of priceless antiques which are not only beautiful but peculiarly interesting in that they can be compared with the work of Donatello, Verrocchio, and other of the Renaissance sculptors.

The old planter enjoyed seeing his daughters have so happy a time, and he was not insensible to the charm of his hostess' conversation, for Mrs. Spangler had studied carefully the art of ingratiating herself with her guests.

And then, rather curtly when it came to it, tired of the ingratiating preamble, she asked Clara what she would think of relinquishing all claim on Worth and taking twenty thousand dollars.

Robin made an ingratiating movement, leaning his rough head against his brother's arm.

For twenty-five years the Kaiser was our frequent and honoured, if somewhat embarrassing, guest, professing friendship for England and admiration of her ways, shooting at Sandringham, competing at Cowes, sending telegrams of congratulation to the University boat-race winners, ingratiating himself with all he met by his social gifts, his vivacious conversation, his prodigious versatility and energy.

In the broken-down man, regardless of manners, one would have failed to recognize Dick Melvyn, "Smart Dick Melvyn", "Jolly-good-fellow Melvyn" "Thorough Gentleman" and "Manly Melvyn" of the handsome face and ingratiating manners, one-time holder of Bruggabrong, Bin Bin East, and Bin Bin West.

Upon noticing Freya's interest, he changed the course of his glances, poised his fine figure and replied to her questioning eyes with the smile of a bad angel, making her understand his discretion and skillfulness in ingratiating himself behind husbands and escorts.

This from Willie, who had taken up his position a little way behind Macgregor, an ingratiating grin on his countenance.

"Why can't I sleep on the big sofa in there," he asked in a tone that he vainly tried to make ingratiating.

once more the soft, ingratiating voice beside him.

No!it was not allowed to be so handsome, so able, so ingratiating.

187 examples of  ingratiating  in sentences