Sentence examples for something to commend from inspiring English sources

At first listening, this argument has something to commend it.

So five contributions with, to a greater or lesser extent, something to commend them.

The solution to the issue of "delegation" certainly does have something to commend it, since this is a genuine anxiety for many.

And, in general his call for disagreeing without being disagreeable is something to commend.

However from the consultation data the impression is of high levels of empathy, which is something to commend the homeopathic approach – even if it not something specific to it.

However, if it tugs at your heartstrings, it definitely has something to commend it.

The German slogan 'Arbeit Macht Frei' is somewhat tainted by its connection with Nazi concentration camps, but its essential message, 'work sets you free' still has something serious to commend it.

That is something to be commended in itself.

The attorney general of Virginia, Jerry Kilgore, applauded the companies and the radio stations for their stance, saying, "Support of America during a time of war is something to be commended".

But when asked about Mr. Rubio's proposal, Mr. Romney said that it "has many features to commend it" and was "something we're studying".

When we call something good, Hare writes, we commend it, where to commend a thing of a certain sort is to guide choice among things of that sort by implicit reference to a standard for such things.