was lauding
- past progressive of laud.
Example Sentences
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Only weeks ago Trump was lauding new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as one of the country’s greatest leaders aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at an American naval base in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Bush, who was lauding a Depression-era family depicted in a 1970's TV show, went on to lose his reelection bid, ceding the White House to Democrat Bill Clinton.
From Fox News ● Aug. 20, 2020
Maybe he merely was lauding the idea of an education in the Bluegrass State.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2010
But on the same evening that President Bush was lauding democracy and freedom, there was one other person in attendance whose rights were infringed upon.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day he was lauding them to the skies, another depreciating them to a cipher.
From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick
