encomium

Example Sentences

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Still, there is something uncomfortably obsequious throughout this encomium to Thomas, who sits in review of Thapar’s own rulings.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2023

Instead of being chastened, Springer and his producer Richard Dominick incorporated the questionable encomium into each episode's introduction.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2023

As the priest assured their families that the quartet's loss was not in vain, the choir chanted the encomium "Memory Eternal" in Ukrainian.

From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2022

I’m as guilty as anyone of having blithely used that exaggerated encomium in composing year-end lists in the past.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2021

And having delivered himself of this modest encomium on his own worth, there was a stage-wait of about a minute, that might have been relieved by some words conceding his superiority, but wasn't.

From Told In The Hills by Ryan, Marah Ellis