Example Sentences

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The studio was also the punch line when the host was praising the success of “Sinners.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

When I had gone out in his support to the land of Temeh, I appeased him, so that he was praising all gods for the sovereign .

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

But by the end of the exchange, Abdulaim was praising and trusting Harrell.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2022

By morning, I was praising the ingenuity of their prank.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2022

I felt like a total fool, out there every day preaching, and apparendy not knowing what was going on right under my nose, in my own organization, involving the very man I was praising so.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey