compliment
Example Sentences
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“She kept coming back and trying to compliment me, like, ‘Oh my god, I love your nails,’” she said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: Justice Sotomayor usually goes out of her way to compliment her colleagues when she does these talks, including those on the right.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
"What needs to happen is to inject the AI smartness at the right moment in the process, so that you compliment the efficiency of AI with the judgement and human touch of people," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
“To have a couple of alumni that were on that team here today, that’s really special, and I really want to compliment these guys for always having a sense of humility,” coach Cori Close said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
“Janie, did it feel like a compliment to you?”
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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