| Even when he joshed with them, the sycophantic laughter was always nervous. |
| There is no military justification for these measures, no matter how much sycophantic generals parrot the party line and try to blind public opinion with technicalities. |
| I guess some people thought I was a creep, offering sycophantic praise of someone who happens to be my boss. |
| That was said not vainly or presumptuously, but in reproof of sycophantic courtiers. |
| They are supposed to abhor pusillanimous or sycophantic behavior. |
| Still, with a sycophantic media claque in close support, his is the dominant voice in public discourse. |
