encomium
Example Sentences
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“It was my first attempt at an autobiographical thing,” Diamond told Rolling Stone of this encomium to an imaginary childhood friend.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
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
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
It is only fair to say that in his own experience the encomium was wholly deserved.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
Vocabulary lists containing encomium
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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