compliment
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Or, as the case may be with a performer of his caliber, they don’t — and that has been the highest compliment of all for the 56-year-old Philly native.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The easiest thing is to offer someone a compliment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Yes, it’s a big responsibility and time-consuming, but it’s also a compliment.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Waters has taken comparisons to antifeminist activist Phyllis Schlafly as a compliment: After all, Schlafly was brilliant and confident and media savvy too.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
I should bring them a nice hostess gift; I should behave so charmingly that they later compliment me to my parents.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Zacharek accurately referred to Miyazaki’s narratives as “wriggly, noodle-shaped things,” and not in offering her compliments to the chef.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Jeffrey Gundlach, who runs DoubleLine Capital and does not hand out compliments like Halloween candy, put it plainly in a post on social-media platform X: “Even Lacy Hunt has turned bearish, to his credit.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
There were also constant compliments that she was helping to "keep him alive".
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Bloom’s compliments were often accompanied by complaints about himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Fred laughed when I spoke of Jo, and sent his ‘respectful compliments to the big hat’.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
The only proof that they were on surveillance came on the rare occasions when a deputy later complimented me on a shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He complimented an Emirati journalist who asked a question, describing the man known as MBZ as a "handsome guy" whom "I can put... right now in a movie".
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Badenoch complimented Minaj on Friday, saying she was a fan of the Trinidad and Tobago-born rapper's song Starship.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
On Aug. 20, 2021, after being complimented for a post that was viewed more than 15,000 times, Wang responded to a Chinese official: “Thank you leader,” according to the plea agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
He thought of all her stories, how she’d complimented his fingers and said he should be a pianist, and how she taught him about Pah and the Stone Boy and the Sun Queen.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Students who saw our campaign were more willing to take social risks, such as complimenting peers, expressing gratitude and asking for help when they needed it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Hoffman: I also just had a thought that this interview’s going to be so annoying to read because it’s literally just going to be me and Andrew complimenting each other for however long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
“It’s brilliant!” he whispers, complimenting her writing as propulsive.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025
The proposed improvements aim to modernise the station while still complimenting the history and heritage of the building, they added.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
By complimenting the sendee, Tessie hadn’t intended to compliment Father Greg.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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