encomium

“It was my first attempt at an autobiographical thing,” Diamond told Rolling Stone of this encomium to an imaginary childhood friend.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Instead of being chastened, Springer and his producer Richard Dominick incorporated the questionable encomium into each episode's introduction.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2023

The result is both an encomium and an acknowledgment of music’s progress since the days of Xenakis.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2022

The tone they struck was the conscious-uncoupling style of our era, a blissed-out encomium that included the phrases “loving exploration,” “shared lives,” “incredibly lucky,” “deeply grateful,” and “wonderful futures ahead.”

From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2019

With curiosity stimulated by this mysterious encomium I rose softly and half opened the door in order to obtain a view of the Modulator.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

CUMMING, Ga. – In a barn 40 miles north of downtown Atlanta, after barbecue was served and local dignitaries basted each other with encomia, Gov. Brian Kemp got down to brass tacks.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2022

Seen thus, the Alger books are not merely encomia on hard work but disturbing texts about power, desire, eros and fantasy — elements that are also integral to American perceptions of wealth.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022

While the Kennedy brief went extinct upon his retirement, it may now be replaced by the Gorsuch brief, which replaces florid encomia to freedom with highly technical textualist arguments.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2018

It has already been translated into six languages and is published with dust-jacket encomia from Russell Brand, Susan Sarandon, Brian Eno, Helena Kennedy QC and Paul Mason.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2016

For praise applies to virtue, because it makes men apt to do what is noble; but encomia to definite works of body or mind.

From Ethics by Aristotle

What wasn’t mentioned in the encomiums showered on Greenspan after his passing at age 100 this past week, was the very different backdrop during his tenure, especially compared with what Warsh faces today.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

President Trump’s State of the Union address was full of patriotic spectacle, and it was moving in its encomiums to the country’s military heroes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Alabama had 32 chart-topping country singles between 1980 and 1993, including encomiums to rural pride like “Tennessee River” and “Mountain Music.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

One can only speculate, had it not been overhyped and financed by such an influential and powerful film company, would it have been the recipient of such superfluous encomiums and rewards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2020

I was expecting a stodgy, older gentleman who’d offer me canned encomiums about Hopkins and then stiffen and ask for the check when he found out the details of my standardized test scores.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore