Example Sentences

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Family, friends and cellmates have commended the two brothers for their work inside prison in the past few years, referring to them as “mentors” for other prisoners and spearheading programs inside prison walls.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

State and federal officials have commended the salvage crews and other members of the cleanup operation who helped recover the remains of the six construction workers who were killed in the collapse.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

In the meantime, numerous labor and fair competition advocates have commended the FTC’s decision.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024

I imagine that the late Ash Carter, former defense secretary and my friend, would have commended this innovation; he often called for getting “the good from technology without the bad.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

Who ever commended man more for anything that was praise-worthy than you have commended him?

From The Naples Riviera by Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp)