compliment

Fifth-year senior defensive end Zuriah Fisher went so far as to compliment the way he “eats at breakfast.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Precedent-setting,” declared one internet ethicist, and he didn’t mean it as a compliment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"He's not looked out of place in the Premier League. That's the biggest compliment I could give Harrison," said Everton boss David Moyes in January.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Yes, it’s a big responsibility and time-consuming, but it’s also a compliment.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

But Elisha’s letters also contained condescension disguised as compliment: “You have more brain than I gave you credit for,” or, “I had no idea you wrote or thought so well.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

First, he assumes that they’re as gullible as he is—that, since he believes the compliments they shovel his way, they’ll believe his shovelings too.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

Dimple wasn’t fishing for compliments when she told Rishi that she’d been bullied by guys like those two jerks who’d walked by earlier.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

The only proof that they were on surveillance came on the rare occasions when a deputy later complimented me on a shot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

It needs to answer the question: How can a team expect to be complimented if it can’t play complementary football?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

He complimented her intelligence, "which is not typical in the modelling industry", Anya says, and suggested introducing her to a friend of his with connections in the fashion business: Epstein.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

“You’re a fine storyteller,” the woman complimented Nhamo.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

To begin a conversation, start with something simple like complimenting someone's outfit, introducing yourself and asking why they're there, Leverich advises.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

President and Chief Executive Gerard Bond said the company has its clearance certificate and is scheduled to list in New York in April, complimenting an existing Toronto listing for the Vancouver, British Columbia, company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

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

Hoffman: I also just had a thought that this interview’s going to be so annoying to read because it’s literally just going to be me and Andrew complimenting each other for however long.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025

The riders were perfectly pleasant, complimenting Ethel on her ginger cake.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead