do credit to
Example Sentences
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“Its beauty of design and execution would do credit to any part of the world,” the newspaper declared.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2018
Dennett's recycling credentials would do credit to the deepest of Greens.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2013
The quibbling over nuances would do credit to Henry James�as when Ehrlichman vainly tried to distinguish between "literal" and "actual."
From Time Magazine Archive
He paints these with an exact technical dexterity which would do credit to Ingres, David or the 19th Century miniaturists, but in high, exciting modern colors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, our heroine—if we have not called attention to that fact before—and with many first-class "heroinical" qualities, which would do credit to the high-born damsels of our old-fashioned novels.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William
