encomium
Example Sentences
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The liner notes for “This Departing Landscape” include an encomium from one the British scene’s elders, Julian Anderson.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2021
Granted, those who claim the authority to instruct the rest of us on what deserves that encomium missed its true significance.
From Salon • Feb. 29, 2020
Certainly there was no evidence in its encomium to Koch.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2019
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
Twenty-five stories below, the subject of his encomium was now entering the side door of a shabby café, followed by his cabby.
From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny
Vocabulary lists containing encomium
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Gulliver's Travels
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