Sentence examples for congratulated the new from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, Hamilton, who won the title in 2008, congratulated the new and youngest titleholder.

The prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, congratulated the new president on his victory and vowed to work with him to strengthen Spain's relationship with an "indispensable ally".

In a stiffly worded communiqué, he congratulated the new premier on her minority government, but warned: "We do not believe that Quebeckers wish to revisit the old constitutional battles of the past".

However, in the aftermath of Corbyn's victory, Woodcock congratulated the new leader and called for unity in a comment piece for The Guardian, in which he said it was time for Labour supporters to "understand there is now truly more that unites us than divides us".

UK Labour leader Ed Miliband and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon both congratulated the new leadership team.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, head of the eurozone finance ministers' group (the Eurogroup), said after a meeting of the group in Brussels that it congratulated the new Greek government on its electoral success and looked forward to working with it.

He went on to praise the News of the World for its involvement in exposing the scandal, adding: I've congratulated the News of The World because this was a sting that was done very well and I think they have done cricket a great service.

Indeed world leaders have rushed to congratulate the new leadership.

On another occasion, I wanted to congratulate the new first minister of Gibraltar on his election.

I congratulate The New York Times for taking this important step forward.

President Obama called to congratulate the new Prime Minister, Haidar al-Abadi, after his government was sworn in.