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
The result is both an encomium and an acknowledgment of music’s progress since the days of Xenakis.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022
That they succeeded in covering enough of the position to conceal our retreat after night is sufficient encomium of their valorous spirit.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
Vocabulary lists containing encomium
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Gulliver's Travels
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