(v. t.) To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.
(v. i.) To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I wish he were alive so that I could hear his mellifluous voice at the other end of the phone offering me congratulations in his courtly way."
(2) "Congratulations to the Greek government," newscaster Antonis Alafogiorgos said toward the end of ERT's main TV live broadcast.
(3) It sounds like self-congratulation for disbelieving incorrect forecasts of rain, then proudly stepping into a hailstorm without an umbrella.
(4) 4th Round roundup If the MLS sides who negotiated the 3rd round of the US Open Cup were congratulating themselves on the assumption that normal service would now be resumed, there were a few red faces in Round 4.
(5) Congratulating Mr Rabin and Mr Arafat on having the courage to change, a Clintonite speciality, he went on: 'Above all, let us dedicate ourselves to your region's next generation.
(6) This year though, the annual fest of tit tape, weepy self-congratulation and sheer star power will be remembered for more than a frock faux pas: there was a serious cock-up .
(7) Breivik, for instance, congratulated himself in his manifesto for becoming a “self-financed and self-indoctrinated single individual attack cell”.
(8) Steffen Seibert, the German government spokesman has tweeted: "Gluckwuensch an die EU zum Friedensnobelpreis" - congratulations to the EU for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
(9) • The Department for Education says plans to “change the way the performance tables are calculated” will deter schools from doing this in the future Congratulations to all the students and teachers who picked up their results today – and the best of luck with whatever you hope to do next.
(10) UN Libya envoy Martin Kobler was quick to congratulate the Presidential Council on nominating a new cabinet.
(11) 3.41am GMT David Lengel checks out David Lengel (@LengelDavid) Congratulations to the Boston #RedSox#WorldSeries champions!
(12) University websites wallowed in self-congratulation in the wake of the REF, where experts assessed research in 36 subject areas, looking at quality, the infrastructure that supported it, and its impact on the outside world.
(13) Cameron sought to build bridges by insisting earlier that there would be "no celebrating, no congratulations" if the British public rejects AV.
(14) He congratulated the citizens on defending themselves from the "inyenzi" (cockroaches) and told them to keep up the good work.
(15) 10.13am BST This from Gerard Kelly, editor of the Times Educational Supplement Firstly, we congratulate all schools and pupils who have worked hard and secured fantastic results today.
(16) I congratulate the Observer on the campaign to allow more visiting time for family members, friends and carers on behalf of those with dementia when admitted to hospital (“ Giving a voice to UK’S dementia sufferers and their loved ones ”, last week).
(17) So while the Turkish parliament congratulated itself on a long night’s defence of democracy, many wonder why its members connived in the decline of the rule of law.
(18) Schools in Hampshire had had one of their most successful years academically, with 84% of schools judged good or outstanding, and the authority had been congratulated by the prime minister for its work with schools in neighbouring authorities.
(19) He revealed he had since been sent a letter by Aitken congratulating him on his award.
(20) "More than anything I want to congratulate the players.
Pleasure
Definition:
(n.) The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
(n.) Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.
(n.) What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.
(n.) That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
(v. t.) To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
(v. i.) To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
Example Sentences:
(1) The bank tellers who saw their positions filled by male superiors took special pleasure in going to the bank and keeping them busy.
(2) Black males with low intentions to use condoms reported significantly more negative attitudes about the use of condoms (eg, using condoms is disgusting) and reacted with more intense anger when their partners asked about previous sexual contacts, when a partner refused sex without a condom, or when they perceived condoms as interfering with foreplay and sexual pleasure.
(3) Walking for pleasure was generally the most common physical activity for both sexes throughout the year.
(4) I like to think of Shakespeare as one delicious smorgasbord that I have a lifelong pleasure in eating.
(5) Saudi Arabia As one might imagine, Saudi television rather wants for the bounty we enjoy here - reality shows in which footballers' mistresses administer handjobs to barnyard animals, and all those other things which make living in the godless west such a pleasure.
(6) The clashes between the moralistic Levin and his friend Oblonsky, sometimes affectionate, sometimes angry, and Levin's linkage of modernity to Oblonsky's attitudes – that social mores are to be worked around and subordinated to pleasure, that families are base camps for off-base nooky – undermine one possible reading of Anna Karenina , in which Anna is a martyr in the struggle for the modern sexual freedoms that we take for granted, taken down by the hypocritical conservative elite to which she, her lover and her husband belong.
(7) Data from human and animal studies indicate a correlation between ictal pleasure or reinforcement and the subject's ability to induce seizures.
(8) I have had the awe-inducing pleasure of standing alone among the giant trees, both sequoias and redwoods, and hearing nothing but the chatter of the squirrels and the high wind in the tallest branches.
(9) Nondrinkers reported a greater likelihood of both positive and negative effects; heavier drinkers reported more pleasurable effects.
(10) A survey last year found that almost 4 million British adults never read books for pleasure , and as in Pellerin’s case, a lack of time was the dominant factor.
(11) We like to enjoy ourselves, if you enjoy the way you play you’ll win a lot of games.” It is a long time, and several managers, since Sunderland fans have derived any sustained pleasure from observing their team in action and sure enough, watching Allardyce’s charges was once again, a somewhat gruelling experience.
(12) (Like humans, they have sex for pleasure as well as for procreation.)
(13) But a big part of the High Line's success is its planting and landscaping, which is intelligent, imaginative and well considered, in the way it converts industrial relics into a place of urban pleasure.
(14) There is an enjoyment that comes with owning it, a pleasure, but also he is an astute businessman.
(15) He confessed to over-indulgence in this pleasure at some stages of his life, and to the recreational use of drugs.
(16) The opposite of a guilty pleasure: a guilty torture.
(17) We would have been denied the pleasure of seeing the official Tongan team anorak, for a start, and it was a bit special, wasn’t it?
(18) "It gives them a sense of pleasure when they believe that they've destroyed me or taken me down.
(19) No changes in plasma beta-endorphin or ACTH concentrations were observed with pentagastrin nor after the meal, despite the combination of very high sensory pleasure with intake of a very large amount of food.
(20) It was the book that turned me on to the intoxicating pleasure of theatre criticism and – well-thumbed and much borrowed from – it has stayed with me ever since.