Sample Sentences forextol (editor-reviewed)
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She extolled passage of the law as a victory for all Americans.extolled = praised
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... people who were extolling his various virtues now that he was dead, even though I knew for a fact they hadn't seen him in months and had made no effort to visit him. (source)extolling = praising, glorifying, or honoring
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conversations ... extolling the virtues of Martin Luther King over Malcolm X and vice versa, (source)extolling = praising
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Extolling its many virtues, the salesman noted that this was El Jefe's favorite car. (source)
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"We of the younger generation extol the wisdom of that great leader and educator," I shouted, (source)extol = praise, glorify, or honor
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He did not cajole or extol. (source)
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When she was growing up, some of her friends had extolled the joys of camping, but she'd thought they were deranged. (source)extolled = highly praised
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In an article extolling his technique and his daring, People magazine had once declared that "if the Devil ever needed a defense, Bobby Lee Cook would take the case."† (source)
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to extol the saint (source)extol = praise, glorify, or honor
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Only the man who extols the purity of a love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love.† (source)
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extoller of hate and conciliation, Extoller of armies and those that sleep in each others' arms. (source)extoller = someone who expresses high praise to others
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But, in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great article, and his infusion of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of him, his semblable is his mirror, and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.† (source)
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The defiant character it assumed when Fanny heard these extollings (as it generally happened that she did), was not expressive of concessions to the impartial bosom; but the utmost revenge the bosom took was, to say audibly, 'A spoilt beauty—but with that face and shape, who could wonder?'† (source)
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Then would he be there to tell that honourable gentleman that the Circumlocution Office not only was blameless in this matter, but was commendable in this matter, was extollable to the skies in this matter.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-able" in extollable means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable. Note that when "-able" is placed at the end of a word that ends in a consonant, the consonant is sometimes repeated as in forgettable and winnable.
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The Parisian police, so much extolled for acumen, are cunning, but no more. (source)extolled = praised
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I was the dutiful son, extolling the virtues of life in the Web, studying the glorious history of the Hegemony of Man, andpreparing for my own career in the diplomatic corps.† (source)
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