(v.) To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.
(v.) To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.
(v.) To value; to appraise.
(v.) Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.
(v.) Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.
(v.) The object, ground, or reason of praise.
Example Sentences:
(1) Squadron Leader Kevin Harris, commander of the Merlins at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, praised the crews, adding: "The Merlins will undergo an extensive programme of maintenance and cleaning before being packed up, ensuring they return to the UK in good order."
(2) Although they were praised in the last five years as the most efficient drugs against cancer and infectious diseases, no great success was clinically and experimentally reported in the past.
(3) In Experiment II, identification training, consisting of instructions, praise, feedback, and practice was introduced after baseline.
(4) The brightly lit ice palaces themselves are stunning, inside and out, and the sporting facilities have been rightly praised by almost all the athletes.
(5) Israel’s president has told his Mexican counterpart that he was “sorry for the hurt” over a tweet in which the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appeared to praise Donald Trump’s plans to build a wall on the US-Mexican border.
(6) There was praise for existing programmes such as the Ferguson Youth Initiative, which gives young people the chance to earn a bike or a computer.
(7) It’s clear which way the ultra-right community around Ukip wishes to go: their timelines are full of praise for Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders , and blazing with imagery – both real and fake – of migrant riots in France and Sweden.
(8) He praised the obvious disgust of local people in parts of south and west Manchester, where gang problems have been concentrated.
(9) The letter praised the company's progress in responding to the inspection.
(10) After the event, McCray praised the duchess on Twitter for her passion on issues of mental health and early childhood development, saying “her warmth and passion for the cause was infectious”.
(11) The video is done in the style of a news report for Russia's Kremlin-controlled Channel One channel, which normally praises Putin in every broadcast.
(12) "The hollow words of praise from the home secretary are meaningless today.
(13) The current president of the supreme court, Lord Phillips, who steps down at the end of September, welcomed his successor, praising his "wealth of judicial experience" and "ability to lead a collegiate court".
(14) Thokozile Masipa, a 68-year-old former journalist who was only the second black woman to be appointed to the high court, was praised for her calm authority despite her controversial original verdict.
(15) At the hearing, committee chairman Senator Patrick Leahy, praised the secret service as "wise, very professional men and women", and called it shocking that so many of the agency's employees were involved in the scandal.
(16) Sometimes in the other team’s half, sometimes in front of his own box, sometimes as the last man.” Die Zeit singles out Bayern’s veteran midfielder Schweinsteiger for praise: “In this historic, dramatic and fascinating victory over Argentina , Schweinsteiger was the boss on the pitch.
(17) For now, Shimizu will not allow the children in her care to be interviewed and brushes off praise for her selflessness.
(18) Boris Johnson , the London mayor, got into hot water last week when he praised the value of greed as a spur to progress and controversially suggested some people struggle to get on in life because of their low IQs.
(19) It brought back Thatcher biographer Hugo Young's words for a front page portrait that offered criticism as well as praise for her legacy.
(20) Behind the scenes, at least, it appears Anelka has proved a welcome addition to the club's ranks, with Berahino, who scored the visitors' third goal with a fizzing drive, praising the veteran as a positive influence on his fellow frontmen.
Thanksgiving
Definition:
(n.) The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
(n.) A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
Example Sentences:
(1) Macy’s said more than 15,000 people were lined up outside its flagship New York City store when it opened its doors at 6pm on Thanksgiving.
(2) But it is now widely understood this Thanksgiving story is a fictional history.
(3) Record numbers of shoppers hit the stores this weekend for the Thanksgiving Day sales but retail experts are sceptical that the trend can continue into a bumper Monday for online retailers.
(4) Other media reports defined that as a place used for “lewdness, assignation or prostitution.” Norfolk police had arrested Ball and another Richmond man the night before Thanksgiving when they were found together in a parked car in a local park.
(5) Thanksgiving this year should be a worldwide celebration to honor the water protectors and recognize the spiritual battle that has sustained us since the arrival of Columbus,” said Cheryl Angel, a Sicangu Lakota.
(6) "I apologise once again to the victims and their families for the terrible suffering that has been brought to bear by these crimes," Pell told a mass of thanksgiving on Thursday night.
(7) I feel that eventually all of these retailers will be open all day on Thursday and Thanksgiving will be nothing but a holiday on a calendar,” said Sozzi.
(8) Now, new employees are always warned, “Just wait until Thanksgiving.” Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays.
(9) This should be the year that water is honored at the Thanksgiving table.” And many enjoy the opportunity to get together with family for a meal, despite the holiday’s origin myth.
(10) As soon as that door opens they are in there and it’s like Black Friday,” Cary said, referring to the manic behaviour of shoppers during the US discount shopping day around Thanksgiving.
(11) John Piper, lead parade designer Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Facebook Twitter Pinterest John Piper, lead designer, Macy’s Parade Studio for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
(12) A time when we remember a feast, the first Thanksgiving, on Plymouth plantation in the autumn of 1621.
(13) We take care of the customers, but at the same time, I’d wish to have Thanksgiving with my family,” she says.
(14) We really are witnessing history here because we are seeing the shift of the economy – from focused on the state sector to consumption.” Last year, Alibaba’s websites and other Chinese online retailers together sold about $9.3bn worth of goods on Singles Day – about 10 times more than on a typical shopping day in the country and nearly five times the amount sold in the US on Cyber Monday – the Monday following Thanksgiving and the world’s second largest online sales event.
(15) "Please ignore the abysmal example set by President Obama who, in the name of Thanksgiving, supports torture as 45 million birds are horrifically abused; dragged through electrified stun baths, and then have their throats slit.
(16) Cumberbatch need not take the news too harshly: the top 10 of flops assembled by the magazine ahead of the annual Thanksgiving holiday in the US is filled with numerous films featuring well known stars.
(17) As millions of American shoppers headed to stores in search of post-Thanksgiving bargains, scores of demonstrators interrupted Black Friday shopping in St Louis as part of a retail boycott over the death of unarmed teen Michael Brown in Ferguson.
(18) Morrissey has attacked President Obama and the tradition of turkey-eating on Thanksgiving, in a blog post on his website entitled 'Thankskilling' .
(19) We want millions of Americans to know that their Thanksgiving is not going to be interrupted by an immigration agent.” Gutiérrez insisted he had not got any inside track on what the White House was or was not planning, despite media reports that action was imminent.
(20) If you don’t win on Thanksgiving, the turkey doesn’t taste so good.