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Recent actions by the government, however, have been less than adulatory.

Though neither book is precisely adulatory, put them together and they add up to an awful lot of attention.

However adulatory the remark, people from other countries make essentially the same observation.

This is explicitly acknowledged in one of several adulatory poems.

Her letters also provide interesting, less adulatory information about her father.

Tom's fans know who they are and may share this documentary's adulatory outlook.

After a parade of adulatory speeches from committee members, he fielded questions.

Not all the reviews have been adulatory, however.

His reputation as the politician too good for politics has been a key feature of the early adulatory campaign coverage.

Initial responses to the show included adulatory reviews, some controversy, and high ratings.

The lieutenant's attitude toward his commanding officer was somewhat less adulatory than it had been at the beginning of the day.

The work was full of sentimental cliches, its tone effusive and adulatory.

The critical response was adulatory, and justly so.

The Seekers was both praised and criticized for its adulatory treatment of Western culture.

And film executives largely wax adulatory when speaking about Vudu.

Like Stewart, I have been the object of adulatory and venomous press coverage."

This wildly avid approach to his subject makes for some dismaying moments, especially in the film's most adulatory early stages.

"A little adulatory company would be pleasant.

The advisors are praised in the same adulatory tone as is employed for the kings.

Forwards usually receive these adulatory rides on their teammate's shoulders, but France has not had a forward score since its second game.

There were enough statistics, celebrity testimonials and adulatory narration for a dozen infomercials.

These are all adulatory terms.

It has received adulatory reviews from the nation's major newspapers and attracted large and enthusiastic audiences.

A murmur of adulatory incredulity arose from the group of courtiers.

These were all coloured illustrations featuring notable people of the day, and each was accompanied by a short (usually adulatory) biography.