extol
verb (used with object)
extols
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present tense formof extol (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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That robustness was his way with Leonard Cohen’s “Mother Mother,” and of “Father Death’s Blues,” in which Ginsberg extols death as the world’s greatest lover.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Like many children of his time, he was “raised almost exclusively on a diet of white sugar,” the glories of which he extols for several merry pages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Barrett extols a judge’s obligation to “resolve disputes according to the ground rules that the people have prescribed,” but that responsibility is meaningless in the absence of reliable evidence.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
The first Swedish-language entry since 2012, the song extols the practice's stress-busting virtues.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
It extols the abolition of racial discrimination and the achievement of equal rights for all.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
