Example Sentences

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All humans, parents or not, have to learn to ignore the clueless remarks of busybodies, even when those busybodies are well-meaning and think they are complimenting us when they say things we find insulting.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2021

But people close to Wilson are complimenting you for somehow channeling the vulnerability and the sweetness beneath the surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2015

He fails to realise that people are complimenting him when they call him one, while there were calls for Javier Hernández to start for following his run of game-changing interventions.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2012

My blade is rusting in the scabbard, and now that the Emperor and King Francis are complimenting each other like two schoolgirls, it is long likely to remain so.

From Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier by Marquis, T. G.

"You are complimenting mother's veracity," Frank answered, laughing.

From Katrine by Lane, Elinor Macartney