Sentence examples for were being congratulated from inspiring English sources

In the midst of trying to come to terms with the imminent release of the drama, our family endured the PR and social media build-up with sleepless nights and tearful days, while those responsible were being congratulated for a "brilliant" production.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Even as he was being congratulated on his speech, he pressed the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee to promptly begin night-and-day hearings on the bill.