compliment
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When you have that connection to somebody, when they respond that way, it’s the ultimate compliment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
A compliment from someone who doesn’t know you feels more sincere.
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
“It’s a girl. She very seldom cries,” she said, handing the baby to me, and as if to earn the compliment it immediately quietened down.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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
He is generous with compliments but expects his employees to earn them, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
I didn’t really think so, but I had to have some more compliments, so I wrote it down—patriotic, brave.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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
The president’s son called Navarro “my boy” and complimented him on the “jacked” physique he developed while in prison.
From Salon ● May 31, 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
When I complimented the motel sign, Novak told how, in late 2025, an older Navajo man named Ernie showed up, said he’d painted the motel sign about 40 years ago and offered to repaint it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
“You’re so lucky you can wear anything!” the salesgirl at Lord & Taylor’s had complimented her as she swiveled this way and that before the dressing-room mirror.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Now, she could eat whatever she wanted, just in smaller portions, and people were complimenting her looks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
He often appeared relaxed during the gubernatorial debates, at points even complimenting or joking with his rivals as they parried on stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Rosé kept it simple of the carpet tonight, complimenting her ice blonde hair with a simple black bow dress.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Last week, she was the featured guest for an event hosted by The Free Press, whose founder, Bari Weiss, opened the conversation by complimenting Barrett’s pedicure.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2025
It was like a heavy shaking of talcum powder in the brain hearing all those mothers complimenting each other’s daughters and lisping back in good Castilian to the Sisters of the Merciful Mother.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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