extol
verb (used with object)
have extolled
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present perfectof extol.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I have extolled the virtues of both of these lessons in my columns over the years.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
Tech CEOs including Bezos, Musk and Google’s Sundar Pichai have extolled the possibility of building AI computing clusters in space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
More recently they have extolled investments in carbon capture, biofuels, solar energy and hydrogen power.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
While other general managers have extolled the benefits of having a starting quarterback on a rookie contract, Telesco hasn’t subscribed to that theory.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
And a year or so afterwards—when I praised his poem—he would shrink in a more than deprecating attitude: I might just as well have extolled him for seducing the wife of his dearest friend.
From The Red Planet by William John Locke
