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Example sentences for "extolled"

Lexicographically close words:
extirpated; extirpating; extirpation; extol; extoll; extolling; extols; extort; extorted; extorting
  1. It has also been highly extolled in cholera.

  2. Dose, 3 to 5, "Extolled in amenorrh[oe]a and hypochondriasis.

  3. It has been highly extolled by Mr Ross as a remedy in cholera.

  4. It is much used in France, and has been highly extolled in menorrhagia.

  5. At an earlier date the Apologists (Justin, Melito, Tertullian himself) had already extolled her as such, but it was not till now that she really possessed this capacity.

  6. He preached to them the gospel of passion, and, with truly diabolical zeal and obstinacy, confused all their notions, giving to whatever he extolled that was mean and reprehensible the most attractive and honourable names.

  7. These parts are precisely those most extolled by Maeterlinck’s admirers.

  8. Their officers, who knew nothing of Otho and were attached to Vitellius, extolled the strength of the approaching column and the fame of the German army.

  9. Everyone extolled the feat, called me a hero and a great captain.

  10. Under monarchy he was a republican, and under a Republic he extolled monarchical institutions.

  11. And so, when he heard bravery extolled and cowardice derided, it woke him up.

  12. Machiavelli was no less honest when he honored the diabolical force than Carlyle was when at different times he extolled the strong man who destroys liberty in creating order.

  13. Coffee and cigars were ordered, and Harding extolled the charm and grace of pastels.

  14. The conversation came to a pause, and then Mike spoke of Lily Young, and extolled her subtle beauty and intelligence.

  15. But he wished that his inaction might be attributed to the evil dispositions of his countrymen, who were surprised to hear the sagacity and power of a man extolled whose conduct appeared to them very equivocal.

  16. She highly extolled the excellent qualities of her butler, and declared he had been so skilful in the administration of her affairs, that he deserved to have a kingdom committed to him.

  17. And, as he rode in at the gates, he was received not only by the greatest personages of the Sultan's realm, but also by officials high and low, who did him homage and extolled him.

  18. At this period the wonders of the homoeopathic practice had been extolled to the skies by its advocates, and we were resolved to give one of their supposed powerful preparations a fair trial.

  19. Menghus Faventinus had long before extolled this practice, mentioned also by Coelius Rhodiginus, and various ancient writers, and more recently recognised as effectual by Rousseau, in his Confessions.

  20. Cold affusion, which has also been extolled by modern physicians as a recent improvement in medical practice, we have seen, was also employed centuries ago.

  21. Poets sang her praises and extolled her beauty; statesmen craved her influence.

  22. His private friends, indeed, justly extolled his generosity and good nature.

  23. To Major Scott, indeed, the young minister had in private extolled Hastings as a great, a wonderful man, who had the highest claims on the Government.

  24. The Constitution, purchased so dearly, was on every side extolled and worshipped.

  25. I say wit emphatically; for this character so often extolled as the masterpiece of humour, neither contains, nor was meant to contain, any humour at all.

  26. The delicacy of his taste in French composition was extolled by Saint Evremond and La Fontaine.

  27. Orators extolled from the pulpit the wisdom and magnanimity of the eldest son of the Church.

  28. Yet he was extolled by the great body of Churchmen as if he had been the bravest and purest of martyrs.

  29. He spoke highly of them to Barillon, and particularly extolled Lockhart as the ablest and most eloquent Scotchman living.

  30. The conduct of the prelates was rapturously extolled by the general voice: but some murmurs were heard.

  31. The ministers of the United Provinces and of the House of Austria, on the other hand, extolled the wisdom and virtue of the discarded statesman in a manner which gave great offence at Whitehall.

  32. However, I will not blame him unheard, nor permit myself to doubt the manly firmness of a character which I have so often extolled to you.

  33. The honest gentleman was much flattered with the proposal, and extolled the beauty of his new snuff-box excessively.

  34. Quite apart from the other defects of this tyro handiwork, it lauded and extolled an aesthetic direction opposed to that of both the men who were to adjudicate upon it.

  35. Nero also extolled mushrooms, and, in a Greek proverb, termed them divine food, because with them he had poisoned Claudius his predecessor.

  36. His Jupiter Enthroned is also extolled by Pliny, as one of his finest works.

  37. It is probable that the Venus de Medici of Cleomenes was a mere copy of the Aphrodite of Praxiteles, which was so highly extolled by the ancient authors.


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