Ingratiation used in a sentence

Ingratiation in a sentence as a noun

That always seemed strange to me - a blend of advertising and ingratiation.

Looks like you didn't read the article: "overt ingratiation can backfire.

Yeah, I'd call it "ingratiation," submitting comments just generic enough to pass muster.

To say that animals can't be empathic because they have selfish motives is bizarre - empathy is selfish, as it's a social survival and ingratiation tool, whether you care to admit such or not. both sides falling into an anthropomorphic trap.

Our study shows that prior-day abusive episodes precede next-day ingratiation, exemplification, and self-promotion behaviors.

Surely though the editors don't catch all YC references?The YC alums are the editors, that's why some things end up dead and others don'ta blend of advertising and ingratiationHN is YC marketing, it didn't really start out as an alumni magazine either, but once they realized that they could use it to, you know, sell ...