encomium
Example Sentences
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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
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
Barrack managed to slip an encomium to his alleged clients into the chat, mentioning as “allies ... countries like Abu Dhabi with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed,” the emirate’s crown prince.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2021
You know a good number of English ladies; what encomium could you give of half a dozen of them?
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John
Vocabulary lists containing encomium
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Gulliver's Travels
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