Sentence examples for instead of congratulating from inspiring English sources

So instead of congratulating ourselves for stumbling upon them as they're in decline, let us celebrate these places now -- with our patronage, affection and respect.

Instead of congratulating ourselves for welcoming the Westernized Satrapi here, we should seek exposure to the arts in the Middle East.

And it happened when she lost the nomination, refused to admit it and, instead of congratulating Obama, wielded her female fan base as a bludgeon over him so she could once more share a presidency.

But instead of congratulating them all for doing such a jolly good job, he took the opportunity to excoriate the profession and their modern designs, with his immortal description of the proposed extension to the National Gallery in London as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend".

Instead of congratulating themselves on a solid first month and looking at the world from atop the National League Central, the Astros at week's end were trying to figure their way out of an on-field tailspin and a domestic violence accusation.

Instead of congratulating you and all of your accomplishments, people just want more, more, MORE!

Signs of jealousy include: Your friend never celebrates your accomplishments, or criticizes instead of congratulates.

"He's criticising us, the whole team, instead of maybe congratulating us on the win and the club that gave him the opportunity to be a head coach.

Instead of being congratulated, he was admonished by his unfailingly gentlemanly father — an admonition that might very well suggest the origins of compassionate conservatism.

Earlier, the White House spokesman Jay Carney stopped short of congratulating Mr Rouhani, urging him instead to "heed the will of the Iranian people.

Mourinho made a point of congratulating Schürrle's contribution.