Sentence examples for of the compliments from inspiring English sources

It is exactly the disputable quality of the compliments we pay to wine that makes them touch the lower edge of art.

"Reading some of the compliments has made me proud to go here," says Aliza Goldberg, 21, a junior studying English and ancient studies at Barnard.

David S. Yassky, the city's taxi commissioner, said he was struck by how many of the compliments had little to do with driving.

Some child-rearing experts say a steady stream of praise can turn children into praise addicts who lack confidence because they dismiss the value of the compliments.

Most of the compliments that Mr. McCreadie receives these days are about his 29-year-old son, Tim, a rising star on the Dirt tour.

Between Wingfield-Hayes's expulsion and the strange treatment of the foreign journalists invited to cover the showcase congress – who, at the time of writing, had not been allowed within a multi-lane road's breadth of the actual meeting – the country is rapidly receiving a terrible press, instead of the compliments it had surely hoped for.

Yesterday the recipient of the compliment was not so sure.

But Bos­well's own sentence deserves a return of the compliment.

She denied that she was, but Manning's regular repetition of the compliment did not displease her.

I like to think that he is already dreaming of the compliment that Alex will pay him at the end.

But even praise can be disturbing to children, who may not feel they are worthy of the compliment.