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Be complimented
verb
To pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).
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Was he a man that needed to be complimented?
"They really are to be complimented for hiring the friendliest staff I've ever seen," he said.
Yet what athlete would want to be complimented for his grace on the field?
"Some actors don't like to be complimented and Jonah's exactly not that," Mr. Miller said.
He refused to be complimented and if some earnest young admirer persisted, he broke into a whinny of laughter.
The feminist debate: Can women gain power and still wear flouncy skirts and be complimented by men on their perfume?
These are crucial, a kind of flavor booster, the sort of thing you'll be complimented on by guests.
Told that Ryan had said some nice things about him, Moore said it felt good to be complimented publicly.
But attempts to encourage foreign investment should be complimented with policies to support domestic enterprise too – our strongest city economies tend to be two-stroke economies.
In Jenner's case, there's little doubt that she desires to be complimented for her attractiveness, and it's hard to fault people for giving her that.
One night a server might act out the menu in a jolly interpretive dance; another day a guest might be complimented on his socks.
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