PRAISE in a Sentence

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252 example sentences for PRAISE, such as:
1. True praise roots and spreads.
2. Do not praise a day before sunset.
3. Such conduct is unworthy of praise.
4. Why, girls, you needn't praise me so.
5. She wrote poems in praise of freedom.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PRAISE
praise
 n.  an expression of approval and commendation
 n.  offering words of homage as an act of worship
Classic Sentence: (187 in 13 pages)
1  Jo quite glowed with pleasure at this boyish praise of her sister, and stored it up to repeat to Meg.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THREE
2  Jo let Laurie win the game to pay for that praise of her Beth, who could not be prevailed upon to play for them after her compliment.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVEN
3  Don't praise me, Meg, for I could box his ears this minute.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
4  Jo's eyes sparkled, for it is always pleasant to be believed in, and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOURTEEN
5  All were unconscious that this experience was a test of character, and when the first excitement was over, felt that they had done well and deserved praise.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
6  Jo's keen eyes were rather dim for a minute, and her thin face grew rosy in the firelight as she received her father's praise, feeling that she did deserve a portion of it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
7  Why, girls, you needn't praise me so.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
8  Letters from several persons, whose praise was honor, followed the appearance of the little story, newspapers copied it, and strangers as well as friends admired it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
9  I owe it all to you and Mother and Beth, said Jo, more touched by her father's words than by any amount of praise from the world.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
10  Poor Laurie didn't know where to look, for, man though he was, something of the old bashfulness came over him as this burst of praise made all faces turn approvingly upon him.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
11  She enjoyed it heartily and found the applause of her boys more satisfying than any praise of the world, for now she told no stories except to her flock of enthusiastic believers and admirers.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
12  By degrees, he acquired a certain influence over me that took away my liberty of mind: his praise and notice were more restraining than his indifference.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in her praise of Mr. Bingley before, expressed to her sister just how very much she admired him.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
14  Mr. Collins was eloquent in her praise.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
15  Vain indeed must be all her attentions, vain and useless her affection for his sister and her praise of himself, if he were already self-destined for another.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
1  My daughter, praise the serendipity of genetics, is at ease in a troop.
2  True praise roots and spreads.
3  He was full of praise for the work of the unit.
4  Do not praise a day before sunset.
5  Parents should learn how to praise the children's good behavior.
6  Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.
7  I praise the nurse can use weak shoulders strong enough to carry a daughter, mother, wife's burden.
8  The team coach singled out two players for special praise.
9  The team's coach singled his goalkeeper out for praise.
10  Such conduct is unworthy of praise.
11  In the evening one may praise the day.
12  Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
13  The singer is always feeling after words of praise.
14  She wrote poems in praise of freedom.
15  To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.