Sentence examples for did he commend from inspiring English sources

Nor did he commend McCann for independence.

"I don't see that this war has any more to commend it than Vietnam did," he said.

He does commend what he sees going on still in small (New England) towns, and is dismayed by its over-all absence nationally.

But he did commend it for providing "much-needed guidance to local jurisdictions" — a distinctly Panglossian spin.

He said it is far too soon to say which supermarkets would be named and shamed, although he did commend the performance of Waitrose and Marks & Spencer – suggesting they would be among the retailers who would escape the action.

However, he did commend the prosthetics department for their redesigned Silurians.

He did commend Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner, for their wins in the House races.

Although he says nothing specific about the virtues, he does commend training for virtuous behavior (DL VI 70).

His charisma, Catholicism and meteoric political rise all brought him to McGovern's attention, as well as the fact that he came from Missouri, a border state with some affinity with the south; McGovern, from South Dakota, did not commend himself to the southern Democrats then so powerful in the party.

Ecstatic rites of this nature did not commend themselves to the Greeks of the unemotional nonsacramental Homeric tradition; such rites did appeal, however, to many, some of whom had come under the influences of the Orphic mysteries in which it was possible for them to rise to a higher level in its thiasoi (brotherhoods).

Frontline workers suggested that the head of the hospital did not commend them for good work done, but was quick to reproach (insult) workers who made mistakes.