It sounds strange when he sings "baby"; but soon enough (in Robbie Williams's "Angels") he's extolling someone's protection, love and affection, and then that someone is not a person but an angel.
It's rare to hear someone extol bipartisanship for its own sake.
Someone extolled Mr. Nakamura's skill, and his future.
I have only to hear someone extolling the charms of Byron, say, or Coleridge, neither of whom I've ever managed to read, to be reminded of how baffled one can feel in the face of books.
"You see, what this country needs is a strong government to sort out the laws, bring order," Karn explains, sounding a lot like someone extolling the virtues of Hitler or Mussolini.
If you see someone extolling the virtues of veganism or locavorism, or how they cook only seasonal organic vegetables with artisanal olive oils, it's likely they aren't working a part-time gig for minimum wage.
Buying a card that extols mom as someone who fed you, changed you, rocked you to sleep, and cheered you on when you were learning to walk and talk, read and write?
Mr. Sokol's former employees say they are befuddled that someone who extolled the importance of ethics and integrity would find himself in such controversy.
In the final weeks, Mr. Goodman spent lavishly on television commercials, with former Mayor Edward I. Koch, a Democrat, extolling the senator as someone who had delivered for his constituents.
