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Discover Ludwig"were compliments" is correct and usable in written English.
You use it in the past tense to describe something that has already happened. For example, "The guests at the wedding showered the bride and groom with were compliments."
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were compliments
verb
To pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).
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A couple of pages further on, there were compliments for the BBC from a surprising source, none other than Kelvin MacKenzie.
And there were not-so-nice words — but on Christopher Street, they were compliments: former state Senator Thomas K. Duane described Ms. Quinn with a derogatory term for a lesbian, to cheers.
The word has morphed, via the same process that makes it seem odd to us that King James II is said to have described St . Pauls Cathedral as "amusing, awful and artificial," all of which were compliments in the 17th century.
Even after being told by journalists that, taken at face value, Mourinho's comments were compliments, Lambert was sceptical, asking "was it genuine?
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They're compliments, after all.
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Jonas's father was complimented on the garden.
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