Example Sentences

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Police are commending the public for their help in the case.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2015

It is in truth the Roman name that you are commending, if you grant gracious terms to our lords.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas

Similarly certain elements of Christianity are commending themselves to new India, and certain others are failing to do so at this time.

From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by Morrison, John

St. Peter, Francis, and Antoninus are commending the Pessaro family to the Virgin, who is enthroned on high.

From Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian