Sentence examples for were showered upon from inspiring English sources

In retirement, honours were showered upon him, culminating in a knighthood last year.

As usual, too, awards and civil distinctions were showered upon him.

Titles (like Duke), properties (such as this one) and trinkets galore were showered upon him like tribute to a Roman emperor.

This is a catchall term that means three different things: an economic housing boom and bust, a financial meltdown, and a political response in which bailouts were showered upon the very institutions that were responsible for the chaos.

Raves have not invariably been showered upon him.

May God's blessing continue to be showered upon him".

Money was showered upon him; he was feted in Washington, DC, and London.

It was shocking to learn of the disrespect being showered upon this regal building.

More often than not, retrospectives and formal honors are showered upon directors; and producers are stereotyped as penny-pinching ignoramuses.

As a matter of fact, I have an aversion to situations where credit is showered upon leaders.

But now much of the attention being showered upon Detroit from the trendiest of quarters comes, in no small measure, thanks to the city's blight.