He's a sycophant social climber who's not beyond using a little groveling to ingratiate himself with someone who advance his opportunities. |
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Despite relying on the well-to-do for commissions, he was no obliging sycophant and depicted the character of his sitter as he perceived it. |
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For years, Boswell was considered a fool, a nincompoop, a fawning sycophant who, by chance, had produced a masterpiece. |
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So anyone stupid enough to call our Tom a sycophant can jolly well put that in their pipe and smoke it! |
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Bell was also a sycophant, a Yes man, who could shift his political stance in a heartbeat, talk in circles and dodge any important decision making. |
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However reactionary a sycophant to rich people and slasher of programs for others he might be, he is the governor. |
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I confess, I'm a sycophant, even if my bootlicking inclines less toward, oh say, administration officials than foul-mouthed and amusing anti-propagandists. |
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In memory, he was reviled as a servile race traitor, a cringing sycophant to white wealth and power. |
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It is the European Union's attempt to build an international empire based on a unified creed, with federalists, liberals, cosmopolitans and sycophant humanist thinkers. |
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