Words similar to congratulating

Example sentences for: congratulating

How can you use “congratulating” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

This is like replacing the money you'd been saving for your kids' college tuition with an IO-me note, buying a new car, and then congratulating yourself on your financial prudence.
P laying by Heart has the strident psuedosophistication of a late-night dorm room colloquy as dramatized by a sophomore busy congratulating himself for having more insight into love than all the incoming freshmen.
Reviewers say she wasn't funny and spent too much time congratulating herself.
The Star also has taken to congratulating itself for the people it gets to speak willingly.
Brooks accuses Rorty of being a "pseudo-deviant" who poses as a critic of academic radicals while really congratulating them.