Sentence examples for was being congratulated from inspiring English sources

After Mr. Obama's re-election, Mr. Silver was being congratulated, too.

A few minutes later, Jeter was being congratulated by the entire team.

I had a congratulations text from Kevin Cooper, my American agent, but I wasn't really sure what I was being congratulated for.

Mr Byers was being congratulated last night for securing this windfall from the chancellor, given his department's current uneasy relationship with the Treasury.

Manuel Puig of the fragrance and fashion conglomerate was being congratulated on the warmly received debut of Julien Dossena at Paco Rabanne, a label that hasn't had a fashion moment in ages, as the beatific Brant brothers, one wearing what appeared to be the white jacket of a cruise ship captain, swept in to congratulate Alexia Niedzielski, a magazine editor, on being beautiful.

Mr. Sharon, who is telling American audiences that Israel cannot exercise military restraint much longer in the face of continuing Palestinian attacks, told the America-Israel FrieNew Yorkeague in New Yonk on Monday that he was being congratulated prematurely for a cease-fire that had yet to occur.

"Bridesmaids," that is, is being congratulated for settling an argument that nobody was really having.

I'm not sure whether I'm being congratulated or castigated; either way, I feel she has the advantage, one she never loses.

And it was great -- you're being congratulated by these famous people, then there's somebody you actually know, somebody whose house you've been to a barbecue at.

In the year since her appointment, Mayer is being congratulated.

When he asks you why he's being congratulated, you can look confused and wait for him to figure it out.