In such a condition of affairs it is hardly surprising to find that the great and stern Teacher congratulates the poor and has nothing but pity for the rich; that He has no interest at all in comfort or property.
It is good tidings to the poor: it sets no store on property and material comfort: it pities the wealthy and congratulates the needy.
The Brigadier-General congratulates the 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Northampton Regiment, and the 2nd K.
Mine host congratulates him upon his appearance, extends his hand, takes a seat by his bed-side.
The gaoler, nearly out of breath, congratulates himself upon the manner of dispatching business at his establishment.
In the latter Epistle, he congratulates him upon his being Consul elect.
He congratulates himsdf on the construction of the place, so aptly giving him an excuse for sitting close to his mistress.
I congratulates our visitin' friend from the East on the case wherewith he wins it out.
Congratulates Allston on his election to the Royal Academy.
In November, 1842, Margaret writes that the meetings have been unusually spirited, and congratulates herself on the part taken in them by Miss Burley, as 'a presence so positive as to be of great value to me.
She congratulatesherself when she is not called to the market, to the courts, to the polls, to the stage, or to the orchestra.
The Baron congratulates Mary Johnston on her romantic story entitled 'The Old Dominion.
Vasantaka congratulates the king on his unprecedented fortune.
When Kanwa returns to the hermitage, he becomes aware of what has transpired during his absence by his spiritual powers, and congratulates Sakuntala on having chosen a husband worthy of her in every respect.
He congratulates his Majesty, on his propitious fortune.
He congratulates Story on having finished his "Herculean task.
Pliny congratulates Trajan on having, by his mildness and justice, escaped the terror of pretenders which haunted the earlier emperors, and was often justified and cruelly avenged.
Juvenal congratulates his friend on escaping to the country from the hoarse reciter of a frigid Theseid.
He tries to stir up his daughter's aversion, and congratulates her 'on the goodwill and diligence she has shown in resisting them.
One of these letters emphatically congratulates Boniface upon an advantage gained over the Barbarians.
In a letter to Count Darius, the special envoy sent from Ravenna to treat with the rebel general, he warmly congratulates the Imperial plenipotentiary on his mission of peace.
Mr. Sumner congratulates himself that he has stripped "from slavery the apology of Christianity.
The whole matter is this: Launcelot congratulates himself upon his dexterity and good fortune, and, in the height of his rapture, inspects his hand, and congratulates himself upon the felicities in his table.
Photius of Constantinople, a patriarch, whose ambition was equal to his curiosity, congratulates himself and the Greek church on the conversion of the Russians.
He congratulates Henry on his success in a just and pious war; and complains that the prosperity of his own empire is disturbed by the audacious enterprises of the Norman Robert.
You should see how Caesar, in the letter in which he congratulates me and promises me everything, knows how to make the most of this abominable ingratitude of Cato!
The same day he rejoins Cicero, congratulates the soldiers on their courage, and his lieutenant for having been faithful to the Roman principle of never entering into negotiation with an enemy in arms.
Bung" congratulates Archbishop Tait on the support of the Episcopal bench in defeating the measure.
Ever mindful of her own interest, she sees that a barrier to the free development of her commerce has been removed, and she congratulates herself on the fortunate turn which events have taken: "Aha!
The governor, Nes-hor, congratulateshimself on a successful stratagem by which he got the rebels into a position where they were cut down by the king's troops.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "congratulates" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
