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Discover Ludwig"to be congratulating" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used in a present continuous tense to indicate that someone is currently expressing congratulations. Example: The crowd at the graduation ceremony was loudly applauding and cheering, while the school principal was seen to be congratulating each graduate as they received their diploma.
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They ap peared to be congratulating themselves on having made such a prize catch.
Another time, a father taped a complicated delivery and then pretended to be congratulating the clinicians while recording their responses about the complications.
What do you mean, you can't do it?' We had an odd conversation where, at the end, he seemed to be congratulating me for saying no.
With Young also looking immediately at home in his new surroundings and earning praise from his manager for being lively and mature at the same time, Ferguson ought to be congratulating himself on some satisfactory summer business.
By contrast, Reitman — making a film that depicts a moral wreck and a physical wreck — seems to be congratulating himself for looking life squarely in the face, warts and all.
Held at the Washington home of the lobbyist Jack Quinn, the party was a classic Suck-Up City affair in which everyone seemed to be congratulating one another on some recent story, book deal, show or haircut (and, by the way, your boss is doing a swell job, and maybe we could do an interview).
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All architects are to be congratulated.
Still, Mr. Hynes is to be congratulated.
All are to be congratulated.
And that's why Mr Wiener is to be congratulated.
Certainly the CSC is to be congratulated for the attempt.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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