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Example sentences for "congratulation"

Lexicographically close words:
conglomeration; congratulate; congratulated; congratulates; congratulating; congratulations; congratulatory; congregate; congregated; congregates
  1. It was a smile half of congratulation to the lover, half of congratulation to herself as a woman that another man had been caught by the leg and made fast.

  2. The customary telegram of congratulation and appreciation was sent to the honorary president, Mrs. Stanton.

  3. Wells, whose influence had been paramount in securing the franchise for the women of Utah, was heartily applauded and a telegram of congratulation was sent to her.

  4. On motion of Mrs. Colby, it was voted to send a telegram of congratulation to the Hon.

  5. Immediately upon our return from the eastern frontier, the king sent his confidential page with a message of congratulation on my recent success against the much-dreaded buffalo, and requested that we would visit him early the ensuing morning.

  6. Together with sheep and oxen from the king, and barilles of hydromel from the queen, visits of congratulation were received from all the principal courtiers present.

  7. The Council had voted an address of congratulation to Sir James Paget upon his being created a Baronet.

  8. The Council had voted addresses of congratulation to H.

  9. It seemed to her that any congratulation must be false and hypocritical.

  10. When her aunt on one occasion congratulated her, telling her that she had done well and nobly, she bore the congratulation with a smile and a kind word.

  11. He is not, of course, entitled to invariable congratulation for his attitude towards art; but he has suffered as well as acted ill.

  12. One month after the birth of a child, a call of congratulation is made by acquaintances.

  13. Calls of congratulation are due to the newly married, and to the parents who gave the invitations to the marriage.

  14. Any letter of congratulation received, even though it be from a person with whom one has only a slight acquaintance, requires an answer.

  15. I thank you for your letter of congratulation which you wrote me, notwithstanding the pain it gave you.

  16. Of Mrs. Hardy's and Maud's joy we need not speak, but the adventure was considered a matter of congratulation and joy throughout the whole district.

  17. It contained a warm welcome, and a hearty congratulation upon their safe arrival.

  18. Herbert looked at him wistfully, longing to hear him utter some word of congratulation or sympathy with his sister; but none was forthcoming.

  19. Words of earnest argument and warning counsel rather than of congratulation rise to our lips.

  20. He tried to show Carrie that there was no cause for financial alarm, but only congratulation over the chance he would have at the end of the year by taking her rather more frequently to the theatre and by providing a liberal table.

  21. All he cared for was to have it endurable enough to allow for pretension and congratulation afterward.

  22. Gradually the deference and congratulation gave her a mental appreciation of her state.

  23. The letter, which was in reality the congratulation for the entrance of the day of the anniversary of His Highness the Promised One, was received.

  24. Likewise, letters of congratulation and felicitation have been received from these twenty-four cities and assemblies.

  25. As the anger had been great that Julia should be rejected, so had the family congratulation been almost triumphant when the danger which had been escaped was appreciated.

  26. Then there was a parting joint congratulation that she had not yielded to the allurements of her cousin, John Caldigate.

  27. There was naturally in Aunt Polly's heart a certain amount of self-congratulation at the way in which things were going.

  28. In after years I knew him better, and I treasure still the little note he sent me in answer to my congratulation on his escape from the bullet fired at him from the gallery of the theatre in Chicago.

  29. Nor would a simple embassy of congratulation look well.

  30. A letter came from Mims by return of post, full of congratulation and excitement, and stating that a consignment of wedding presents had been despatched.

  31. I must just write a word of congratulation on our dinner of Saturday," wrote Dolling from St. Saviour's Clergy House a couple of days later.

  32. Footnote 3: He arrived at Paris before his august brother, and by these pleasing expressions he replied to the addresses of congratulation presented to him by the municipality of Paris.

  33. It happened that a letter of congratulation which General Excelmans addressed to his former sovereign, the king of Naples, was intercepted.

  34. And Ethel, as she had more or less intended all along, let him have Averil's letter, since the exception was merely a few tender words of congratulation to Mary.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "congratulation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accolade; adulation; apotheosis; blessing; compliment; congratulation; deification; eulogy; exaltation; flattery; glorification; glory; homage; hommage; honor; idolatry; kudos; magnification; paean; panegyric; praise; tribute