Sentence examples for earnest compliments from inspiring English sources

She solicited a range of opinions, paid earnest compliments, and showed political convictions about international law and the consequences of jingoism.

That the room recovered in time for a run-through of the group's self-esteem-boosting hit "What Makes You Beautiful" wasn't too surprising — earnest compliments will smooth over lots of slights — but perhaps the boys (and Mr. Cowell) will have learned from this misstep in time for Monday night.

His red-pen edits, references to my word-hackings and grammatical errors are the very thing that allows me to believe his earnest compliments and shocking praise of my work.

Sprinkled among the rest, however, are some earnest compliments of the room, such as, "This is very different to the others, but it looks awesome and I like the vibe".

A well timed and earnest compliment can have an immediate and positive impact on the recipient.

Years later, when I launched a fresh round of cooking for compliments in earnest, I had dozens of "praise-provoking" recipes under my belt.

They're complimentary about the work, and though I don't expect they're a demographic that'll especially like my poems--even when you write poems like a white guy, you might not be writing poems everyone will like--the compliments are earnest.

He refused to be complimented and if some earnest young admirer persisted, he broke into a whinny of laughter.

We protest in earnest, but it's no use; she's not seeking compliments or succor.

Give her genuine, and not excessive, compliments so that she will recognize that you are in earnest.

And perhaps the best compliment that can be paid the Michael Weller-Lucy Simon-Michael Korie-Amy Powers tuner tune-up of Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago is that it's earnest -- two hours and 40 minutes of tireless earnestness.