Sentence examples for gratuitous praise from inspiring English sources
Yet advisers say Trump considers Kim a rational actor, and the president has flattered the North Korean leader recently with gratuitous praise.
Trump's several statements that taken together would condone violence now seem worse with Trump's gratuitous praise of his unlikely campaign manager, the strangely pugnacious Corey Lewandowski.
The other concerns the upcoming BBC Albert Hall Prom featuring "high-octane" rap and grime music led by Wretch 32 et al. Both are condemned, variously, as either gratuitous and tasteless, or praised as cutting-edge innovation.
Nick Levine of Digital Spy praised the "gratuitous belly-wiggling" choreography in the video.
Without her [the settlements] wouldn't have happened". Yet Finney, who does not throw gratuitous compliments around, reserves his highest praise for Roberts.
All abridgments and additions are part of their period; we scoff at the eighteenth century for cutting the tragic end of "Lear" and tacking on a happy one, but the recent, much praised Royal Shakespeare production added a gratuitous Grand Guignol hanging of the poor Fool, on the shaky basis of a sideways reference to his death two acts later.
In an official report on the engagement at Bull Run, Confederate General Pierre T. Beauregard praised "the patriotic gentlemen of Virginia" whose slaves had, by "gratuitous labor," constructed the fortifications.
Some praise its elegant lines and staggering height, while others view it as a gratuitous monument to power.
The New York Times Public Editorr, Margaret Sullivan, recently sought praise for her launch of "AnonyWatch," which she explains is "intended to draw attention to the gratuitous use of unnamed sources".
This is high praise indeed because there is nothing sexy about curling and most sports shows on Italian TV insist on gratuitous female flesh.
