compliment

Example Sentences

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His positional awareness has also earned praise although his work-rate and desire to cover as much ground as possible mean he often tires himself out - a potential backhanded compliment.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

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

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

Maybe Yolanda knows I was giving her a fake compliment, because she doesn’t even say Thank you; she just blows air through her teeth.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée