compliment
Example Sentences
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It’s the singer’s most sonically cohesive set, but this time that’s not necessarily a compliment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
He was a keen student of dialect; doing movies in the South, he meandered down backroads, learning just the right way to frame a question in rural Mississippi or deliver a compliment in west Texas.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
"The guy meant it as a compliment," said Pimenta.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
Tom Donaldson, head of Lego's Creative Play Lab, said the tech intended to respond to children's actions and compliment the way they naturally play.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
The name I drew was Imogene Herdman, and I had used up the one and only compliment I finally thought of for Imogene—patriotic.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
