due praise

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Only the courts are due praise, for how they sorted through some legitimate legal questions in unusually rapid fashion while under fierce political fire.

From Washington Times • Oct. 7, 2014

Give due praise, of course, to Russell Wilson’s poise beyond his years, and Marshawn Lynch’s relentless running.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2014

Those on the committee received due praise from the returning council members and from the state legislature, but voices of criticism were also heard.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

This became a very popular plaything in the nursery, and for once the inventor received due praise, on account of its keeping the children so quiet.

From A Grandmother's Recollections by Church, Ella Rodman

“That will keep us dry if the rain comes,” said the captain, after due praise had been awarded for the energy displayed.

From Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle by Forestier, A.