belaud
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- belauder noun
Etymology
Origin of belaud
Example Sentences
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What amazed me was the calm with which these folks gathered together and commenced to belaud their noble selves, their country, and their "institootions" and everything else that was theirs.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
Crassus on this occasion, between whom and Cicero there was never much friendship, took occasion to belaud the late great Consul on account of his Catiline successes.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
How shall the perplexed navigator steer his course when monitors in office accuse him on the one hand of lax precision throughout, and belaud him on the other for careful observance of detail?
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
This is not to belaud the present system, any more than it is optimistic to say this is the best of all possible worlds.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
In the fifteenth century the fashion was to belaud one's own city even at the expense of others.
From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob
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