speak well of
Example Sentences
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As another priest once put it, “Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
That's why it's hard to find Ukrainians these days who speak well of any Russians.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024
All by itself, that fact does not speak well of the condition of American civil society, let alone "democratic discourse."
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2020
When we are no longer here, he will only speak well of you.’
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2020
You, too, are tall and well set-up, I see; be brave, you too, so men in times to come will speak well of you.”
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
