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Example sentences for: commended

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In a front-page column in the conservative Le Figaro, Charles Lambroschini commended the French government for inventing the concept of "white glove inspections" as a face-saver for Saddam and said that, despite the U.S. media's criticism of France, President Clinton should be pleased about France's independent line, because "he can longer hide his own doubts about the effectiveness of a bombing campaign."
They commended NATO for bombing quickly rather than ignoring the brutality as Allied leaders did during the Holocaust.
Aides commended the decision and cited progress on several fronts.
But on the basis of what we know, I'd say that Professor Callahan, who teaches at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., deserves to be commended, not condemned.
“Despite these reservations,” he says, “the authors of this study should be commended for addressing an extremely important issue and developing this novel approach for counting CD4 in patients with HIV.”