How to Use "sycophancy" with Example Sentences

1. Sycophancy was the device of the least trustworthy .
2. But meritocracy has been eroded by a political culture of sycophancy and cynicism .
3. Last week the party 's members of the national assembly pledged their loyalty to him in an atmosphere of competitive sycophancy .
4. He was free of all sycophancy or obsequiousness in the face of the reactionary ruling class .
5. Of course , it all has to be done well ; sycophancy and flat jokes do not weave the same spell .