She felt flattered and fluttered too, at the thought of guiding the strange, handsome gentleman through the forest, and already the question shot through her fancy, "What might come of it?
His ready wit and graceful manners pleased and flattered the susceptible girl, not used to the seductions of the polished courtesies of the mother-land of France.
He had not, to be sure, made any definite promise to Angélique, but he had flattered her with hopes of marriage never intended to be realized.
They flattered themselves they had had the pleasure of first breaking the bad tidings to her, but they were mistaken!
In truth, her jealousy flattered him, applying it wholly to himself.
On the left of the Intendant sat his Secretary, De Pean, crafty and unscrupulous, a parasite, too, who flattered his master and ministered to his pleasures.
She cursed him in her heart while she flattered him with her tongue, but by no art she was mistress of, neither by fondness nor by coyness, could she extract the declaration she regarded as her due and was indignant at not receiving.
She has ruined every man whom she has flattered into loving her.
Angélique felt highly flattered by the praise of Amélie, whom she had sometimes condescended to envy for her graceful figure and lovely, expressive features.
The story, told half in jest by Louise, that she was to marry the Intendant, flattered her vanity and raised her hopes to the utmost.
The spirits of the inmates of the Manor House could not help but be kept up by these expedients, and Amélie flattered herself that she would quite succeed in dissipating the gloomy thoughts which occupied the mind of Le Gardeur.
The boy, again flattered by this subtle suggestion that he was a natural-born writer, covered sheet after sheet of the paper.
Being afraid that the automobile driver might talk, if he returned to Spanish Town, and thus overset all the secrecy that Stuart flatteredhimself he had so far maintained, the boy suggested that the negro come along in the boat.
Be convinced that the most virtuous woman, far from being offended at a declaration of love, is flattered by it, if it is made in a polite and agreeable manner.
They encouraged them and flattered this disposition of mind.
It flattered the artist to hear such reports about himself.
Herbert has done me a great kindness," exclaimed the flattered gentleman, who considered Rose's embarrassment quite natural, and very pleasing under the circumstances.
Sir Bryan could not but feel flattered by this kind attention, and, being particularly anxious to acquit himself creditably before so distinguished a spectator, he naturally became more and more awkward at his work.
He never drank anything but "Old Rye," and he flattered himself that he did so only when he pleased.
I was not a man of the world, nor was I much flattered in my stiff and dullish way of looking at things by being called one; and I could answer her without the least hesitation.
Rachel, however, was not flattered by this display of pleasure in her society.
He flattered the people and bought them, but he did not love them.
There was no reward for genius except when it flattered and pandered to what was demoralizing.
For nine years he was much flattered for his philosophical attainments.
He thought of Sir Richard Grattan, and Prince Pontresina, and Lord Broadstairs, and of the various other men, who would have felt flattered by having it supposed that they had approached near enough to the beauty to propose to her.
Then your mother first flattered and made much of me when I was a rough lout, and then turned upon me, and set me all across with his lordship.
She replied, that she felt herself extremely flattered and honoured by the request; but that so far from accepting any pecuniary compensation, she would gladly seize the opportunity of offering this tribute to the cradle of her humble talents.
The English flattered themselves that, by the accession of Edward, they were delivered for ever from the dominion of foreigners; but they soon found that this evil was not yet entirely removed.
But the English in vain flattered themselves that they should be long free from the dominion of foreigners.
He 's too old to be that same," flattered Brereton.
This event gave a shock here, and is not well received, as they at least profess to have flattered themselves, that the mediation would have prevented it, and otherwise brought on a partial peace between Britain and Holland.
My vanity might possibly be flattered by your expressions of compliment to my understanding, if your proposals did not more clearly manifest a mean opinion of it.
I am much flattered by the good opinion of a person I have long highly esteemed, and I hope it will not be lessened by my conduct in the affair, that has given rise to our correspondence.
Smiles are common things," said Mr. Stackpole a little maliciously; "but any man may be flattered to find his words drop diamonds.
They were a silent tribute to an invisible presence that flattered the lady's affection,--or her pride.
I refuse to be flattered into hell's nightmare by a class of well-fed snobs, crooks and cowards who despise our class socially, rob our class economically and betray our class politically.
He coaxed and flattered and flustered Miss Pond into standing beside "Pitty Sing," so that the children could see what a vast difference there was in their height.
She learned, somehow, to say "no" so tactfully that her suitors were almost as flattered by her refusals as they would have been if she had accepted them.
Our tendency to assume individual mark as the measure of personality is flattered by many of the books we read.
When Edith assured him that his curls were 'like a flock of goats on Mount Gilead' he laughed, declared he was much flattered at the comparison, and kissed her hand with courtly grace.
As a matter of fact, only rather foolish girls were flattered at attentions from Bruce.
Satirists of all ages and countries, while they flattered them to their faces, have from their closets scattered their spleen and ill-nature against them.
I got around Blaisdell pretty easy after I had flattered him a little, but that Rivers is a beast!
Well, as this picnic is partly on my account, I'm sure I feel flattered and shall be delighted to attend.
Flattered by the compliment to her arms, Julia did not decline the invitation, but made a very sensible suggestion, which was a great relief to the timid, till Sally added a new fancy to haunt them.
He had learned to ride in a city rink, and flattered himself that he knew all there was to learn, except those feats which only professional gymnasts acquire.
The two sisters could not recognize their ragged little sister in the beautiful and graceful lady to whom the Prince paid so much attention, and felt quite pleased and flattered when she addressed a few words to them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flattered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
