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
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
The liner notes for “This Departing Landscape” include an encomium from one the British scene’s elders, Julian Anderson.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2021
Granted, those who claim the authority to instruct the rest of us on what deserves that encomium missed its true significance.
From Salon • Feb. 29, 2020
This encomium will apply to her sentiments On Household Economy, and On Deportment towards Servants.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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