Teju Cole

Probably the biggest temptation that young writers face is to be entertaining, to show your bag of tricks and do a bit of tap dancing. I read a lot of things, and I keep seeing this brocade of voice where someone is trying to be too pally with you or ingratiating on the page.

Nigerian Writer

Tina Fey

Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity.

American Comedian

Vladimir Putin

In almost any country, probably in Russia in particular, it's fashionable to criticise people in power. If you come out in support of someone like me, you're going to be accused of trying to ingratiate yourself.

Russian Statesman

Mitski

Whenever I've tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It's something I do automatically - I've learnt to immediately adapt.

Japanese Musician

Gabrielle Union

A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out.

American Actress

Samuel Johnson

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

English Writer

Lawrence O'Donnell

I don't for one second spend any time thinking about carefully ingratiating myself with someone for the future.

American Journalist

George Blagden

It's hard when you are trying to ingratiate yourself in a completely foreign world. It takes a long time.

English Actor

Daniel Clowes

I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.

American Author

Bill Dedman

Jason McDermott can be the most ingratiating young man: a born politician.

Ingratiate is often used when someone's effort to please is very noticeable.

Context Sensitive

Ingratiate may suggest trying too hard in a way that appears insincere.

Possibly Negative

Used when someone tries gaining favor with someone more powerful or influential.

Power Dynamics

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A radical experiment in...

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Sam Richards: A radical...

 organize um and it's important to say black women don't spend all their time trying to if you will ingratiate themselves into those associations and instead build their own political movement by way of organizations