speak well of
Example Sentences
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As another priest once put it, “Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
That's why it's hard to find Ukrainians these days who speak well of any Russians.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024
“I have connected with him in dreams. He said, ‘You neither speak well of me nor poorly, so I will protect you.’”
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023
It's good they are telling the truth under oath to the committee but it doesn't speak well of them that they didn't step up when it really counted.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2022
Among Negro educators, of whom Malcolm X met many in his college and university lecturing, I never heard him speak well of any but one, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
