Sentence examples for congratulate in from inspiring English sources

I looked up "congratulate" in the dictionary: it said "to wish someone joy".

"I would like to congratulate in particular Catherine Ashton, the high representative/vice-president of the European commission, for this accomplishment, which is a result of her tireless engagement and dedication to the issue over the last four years," said her boss, Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European commission.

Read: Trump congratulated Putin after advisers wrote "DO NOT CONGRATULATE" in all caps on his briefing materials.

President Trump congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on winning the Russian election, despite national security advisers writing "DO NOT CONGRATULATE" in all caps on the briefing materials, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Trump did congratulate Putin on his election victory in a phone call between the two leaders last week — despite advisers writing "DO NOT CONGRATULATE" in all caps on his briefing materials.

Mr President, we can be pleased with the result which has been achieved here, and we can congratulate in particular the rapporteur, Mrs Roth-Behrendt.

Pushkin Children's Books are to be congratulated in making it available to an English audience.

They beat New Zealand 3-1 to match their best performance in an Olympics and were congratulated in the dressing room by the omnipresent Duchess of Cambridge.

If there is an element of nostalgia to Train Songs, its editors can be congratulated, in the words of Myles na gCopaleen, on their "succès de steam".

"The Muslims of Bombay deserve to be congratulated in taking this important decision," Raashid Alvi, a Muslim member of India's Parliament from the Congress Party, said to me.

The unfashionable and sometimes taciturn Pim Verbeek was wrongly condemned for speaking with honesty, but Postecoglou's frankness should be congratulated in an era of sporting clichés.