encomium
Example Sentences
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The director is Reginald Hudlin, but, in tone and temperament, this lovingly assembled encomium is peak Oprah Winfrey.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022
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
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
It is only fair to say that in his own experience the encomium was wholly deserved.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
Vocabulary lists containing encomium
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Gulliver's Travels
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