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Example sentences for: congratulating

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In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post ran an editorial congratulating Clinton for his role in China's decision to send Tiananmen Square hero Wang Dan into exile in the United States.
There is a peculiar rumor circulating that Stanley Kubrick expired while clutching a fax from a top Warner Bros. executive congratulating him on his recently screened Eyes Wide Shut . That this was a favorable missive is what makes the report so mordant, so mysterious.
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.
On Nov. 4, 1994, Coia received a handwritten note from Clinton thanking him for a "gorgeous" custom-made golf club and congratulating him on becoming a grandfather.
Since restoring the play, the Manhattan Theatre Club has been congratulating itself on its fearless defense of free expression.