Sentence examples for award giving from inspiring English sources

The actress Jodie Foster received this year's DeMille Award, giving a semi-confessional speech concerning privacy and Hollywood celebrity.

Both award giving groups are part of the American Library Association and it's a VERY big deal to win.

When it was finally picked up, it got great reviews and was longlisted for the Guardian's First Book award, giving her the confidence to continue.

Complaining about the Grammys is perennial and inevitable, because the structure of the award giving, which is flawed, is also etched in stone: the representatives of yesteryear weighing in on the acts of today.

(Mr. Jacobs won the award, giving one of those I-don't-like-prizes-but-I-wrote-a-speech-anyway speeches, and seemingly a tad annoyed as he pointed out he hadn't won one in years).

Ms. Glass's first novel, "Three Junes," was the surprise winner of the 2002 National Book Award, giving this serious author, at age 46, her "moment of being Julia Roberts".

The medal is the highest civilian award given by Congress.

More important, the award gave Loiseau a platform.

I received the G. A. Ross Award, the award given to an outstanding graduating male.

He has received numerous awards, including the highest award given by the American Osteopathic Association, the Distinguished Service Certificate.

Rather, his unit won the Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award, given by the National Military Intelligence Association.