Sentence examples for thing to praise from inspiring English sources

Their approval was the closest thing to praise they had ever bestowed on Dakotah.

It was the nearest thing to praise he had ever given me.

The programme's presenter, Sheridan Morley, kept asking this critic (whose name I've forgotten) to find some little thing to praise.

Keeping the space clear and coherent may seem an odd thing to praise in an animated film, but one of the marvellous things about "Ratatouille" is how well we come to understand the geography of the kitchen in which much of the movie takes place.

Stiglitz supported Obama for president and still finds things to praise about him.

Mr. Bloomberg also found things to praise in the governor's proposal.

I'd seen many things to praise, and did, but I believed that the independence of the Times required discrimination.

Mr. Caldwell, who is also a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, finds things to praise about Islamic society, but he is unsparing about its deficiencies.

After the downgrade, Portugal's finance ministry tried to reassure investors by reaffirming its "strong commitment to fiscal consolidation," while noting that Fitch found some things to praise, including the "credibility" of its budget plans.

But it did find things to praise: "To his credit, Mr Corbyn dispensed with the toe-curling ritual of past years, when his predecessors would summon their wives to the stage for an adoring kiss.

Week after week Flavorpill finds things to praise in the seemingly quixotic hope that the heavy lifting of cultural improvement might be accomplished through the rigor of a rosy focus.