encomium

Still, there is something uncomfortably obsequious throughout this encomium to Thomas, who sits in review of Thapar’s own rulings.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2023

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

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2023

I’m as guilty as anyone of having blithely used that exaggerated encomium in composing year-end lists in the past.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2021

Barrack managed to slip an encomium to his alleged clients into the chat, mentioning as “allies ... countries like Abu Dhabi with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed,” the emirate’s crown prince.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2021

Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts—she needs none.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

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

These are strong words—but they echo Masterpiece Cakeshop’s encomia to the equal dignity of same-sex couples, simply taking the Supreme Court’s reasoning to its logical endpoint.

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 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

Upon the same principle we must account for the unmerited encomia lavished upon these fragile blossoms.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Charles Mackay

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

On the other hand, the sententious segues and gassed-up encomiums to whatever B-list star was arriving onstage were eliminated.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

Taking precedence over encomiums and recitations, costumes and nostalgia is the book itself, 710 pages of inner monologue and dialogue, stream of consciousness, blank verse, Greek classics and the venues and byways of Dublin, 1904.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

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