panegyric

Example Sentences

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The whole film is a panegyric: big speeches and weighty moments with very little sense of play.

From Los Angeles Times

“So please don’t be disappointed for the lack of a eulogy or panegyric,” Cardinal Czerny said.

From New York Times

In a panegyric to his colleague, Mr. Brooks wrote in his New York Times column in December 2020 that “to this day Mark argues that politics is about looking for converts, not punishing heretics.”

From New York Times

"You can't judge historical writings by the standards of our time. These writings were mostly panegyrics, written to glorify the leaders and rulers."

From BBC

Yet in your book you deplore the panegyric as much as the unillumined attack.

From New York Times