praise
IPA: prˈeɪz
noun
- Commendation; favourable representation in words.
- Worship.
verb
- To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
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Examples of "praise" in Sentences
- All the disciples praised him.
- Is it churlish to rebuff praise
- They rejoiced and praised the Lord.
- The article was praised and reviled.
- Praise the Lord for this discernment.
- The praise for the CDM was unqualified.
- As written, the article was fawning praise.
- Faint praise is still praise from the Walking Dead.
- Both begin with the _praise_ of the Lord to whom all praise is due.
- All the praise is ascribed to God: Thou hast subdued them under me, v. 39.
- These epithets are deserved by a great many faces, but on very different grounds; and the praise is a different thing, accordingly.
- Cutting Social Security benefits during an employment recession might win Obama praise from the Washington Post editorial board, but it isn't going to bring people to the polls to vote for the center-left.
- But the praise is neither universal nor complete, and there are many who assert that Mr. Cuomo has, not unlike his predecessor, been more interested in headlines than in undertaking the tedious chores needed to bring lasting reform, and that he has mishandled, sidestepped or prolonged some public integrity cases.
- a thousand years since_: neither am I moved with certain courtly decencies, which I esteem it flattery to praise in presence; no, it is flattery to _praise in absence: that is_, when _either_ the virtue is absent, _or -- the occasion_ is absent, and so the praise is _not natural_, but _forced_, either in truth, _or -- in time_.
- It will be difficult to say this without appearing to be in praise of this rogue and occupying state, however, yes -- Israel is more democratic in many ways than most Middle Eastern countries and I say hats-off to Channel 10 for doing the honorable thing of allowing the video to air while knowing that it will cause much criticism.