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
“That was a favorite because it was easy to play, doesn’t speak well of my character,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
All by itself, that fact does not speak well of the condition of American civil society, let alone "democratic discourse."
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2020
Excepting reluctant admiration of Dr. Martin Luther King, I heard him speak well of only one other, The Reverend Eugene L. Callender of Harlem’s large Presbyterian Church of the Master.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
