Sentence examples for long congratulated from inspiring English sources

The North has long congratulated itself on being less racist and more tolerant than the South, but that's never been completely true, and in some instances, like this one, that attitude has actually had important consequences.

The acceleration of the economic slowdown and the palpable nervousness in international relations following the September 11th terrorist attacks on America provided an important incentive for the rich countries to offer the sort of concessions needed to secure a deal.But impressive though their achievement is, the world's trade negotiators cannot spend too long congratulating themselves.

Flink will be watching, aware that some players wait too long to congratulate the losers, leaving them waiting at net.

In an hour-long ceremony, they were congratulated by high-ranking Navy officials and leaders from the state of Washington, including Gov. Gary Locke.

The first draft of their proposed resolution played down the 18-year-long covert program and congratulated Iran for its recent turnaround.

[Transcript, Page A24.] A little more than an hour before, Vice President Al Gore called Mr. Bush to say he was withdrawing from the 17-month-long presidential race, and congratulated the Texas governor, who was first elected to office here only six years ago, on being elected the 43rd president of the United States.

Long red banners congratulating Mo hang from the sides of concrete homes along major thoroughfares.

Priya's Indian cousins BlackBerry-messaged her they were delighted to be able, at long last, to congratulate her — now that it was "official".

The Viking took us down a long corridor, opened a door, congratulated me, and shoved me and my girl and the guitar onto the sidewalk of West 66th St, the part that's covered by a tunnel sort of structure, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

Not long after Douglas won gold, Wieber congratulated her teammate on Twitter.

It gives them health checks and advice on managing stress, and regularly has ceremonies to congratulate long-serving staff.