Sentence examples for customary congratulations from inspiring English sources
The White House refrained from customary congratulations.
Many Western leaders withheld the customary congratulations because the election was widely viewed as rigged.
He refused even to talk to his German counterpart at this week's meeting of NATO defence ministers in Warsaw, and President George Bush failed to send Mr Schröder the customary congratulations.
Marc Abrahams, the editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, a regular Guardian writer and the founder of the prizes, ended the ceremony with his customary congratulations: "If you didn't win an Ig Nobel prize tonight – and especially if you did – better luck next year".
Mr. Iijima said Mr. Koizumi had attended only one wedding party held by a supporter in his entire 30-year political career and never returned to his district after his five Cabinet appointments to accept the customary congratulations and courtesy calls from his backers, a tradition called "okuni iri".
And sure enough, along with the customary congratulations and rumors, internet jokesters also responded to the news with a due amount of snark.
When Schröder was reëlected, instead, Bush went petulantly public with the news that he was not calling to offer the customary polite congratulations (and Andover be damned).
The houses of the climbers filled with friends offering congratulations and customary sweets.
Mr. Schrotthofer said that while it was customary for governments to send congratulations to Germany on the reunification anniversary, Mr. Bush's letter had an unmistakably conciliatory tone.
Beijing also urged governments not to issue the statements of support and congratulation that are customary for Nobel laureates, they said.
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