deluding

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"Fineness" was a quality he was for ever belauding: a quality that he believed was only to be found in persons of complex character and unusually sensitive organisation.

From The Ffolliots of Redmarley by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)

Both public and private resentment ran amok, and thus it was that the immortal poet's belauding of the immortal Emperor became linked to the ignominy of being accused of gross immorality.

From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Runciman, Walter

One day there was an animated discussion in the twilight of the Paris conclave while the press was belauding the plenipotentiaries for their touching unanimity.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph

Here was something quite different from the smiling obsequiousness which had said so many pretty things to her pretty face, and had been so unwearied in belauding the gingerbread—which really was excellent.

From Tales of Two Countries by Archer, William

There are many poems belauding the princeps, but few that thank him.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth