ADULATE in a Sentence

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Did he heed the global outpouring of adulation that elevated Mandela, who died aged 95 last December, to virtual sainthood?

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 Meanings and Examples of ADULATE
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adulate
 v.  flatter in an obsequious manner
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1  The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies and yes men.
2  Did he heed the global outpouring of adulation that elevated Mandela, who died aged 95 last December, to virtual sainthood?
3  The officer basked in the adulation of his followers.